HMS Janus (1895)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Janus.
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Janus |
| Builder: | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company |
| Laid down: | 28 March 1894 |
| Launched: | 12 March 1895 |
| Completed: | November 1895 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1914 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Janus-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 385 long tons (391 t) |
| Length: | 204.5 ft (62.3 m) |
| Beam: | 19.5 ft (5.9 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Installed power: | 3,900 ihp (2,900 kW) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
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HMS Janus was the lead ship of the Janus-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1895, served on the Chinese station for much of her career and was sold off in 1912.
Service history
Janus served on the China station for most of her career.
She underwent repairs to re-tube her boilers in 1902.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 May 1902. (36767), p. 12.
References
Manning, T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co.
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