Sunfish-class destroyer

HMS Ranger
Class overview
Name: Sunfish class
Builders: Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn
Operators:  Royal Navy
Preceded by: Handy class
Succeeded by: Rocket class
Built: 18941896
In commission: 18961920
Completed: 3
Scrapped: 3
General characteristics
Type: Torpedo boat destroyer
Propulsion:Yarrow boilers, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW)
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement: 53
Armament:

Three Sunfish-class destroyers, also referred to as Opossum-class destroyers,[1] served with the Royal Navy. HMS Sunfish, HMS Opossum and HMS Ranger were all built by the Hebburn-on-Tyne shipyard of Hawthorn Leslie. Ordered under the 1893-94 Programme, the contract was placed on 7 February 1894. All three "turtle-back" destroyers were laid down in 1894, launched in 1895 and completed in 1896. Powered by 8 Yarrow boilers,[2] this was the same 8 boiler configuration originally used on HMS Hornet.[3] The ships produced 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) and could make 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). They were armed with one twelve pounder gun and two torpedo tubes and carried a complement of 53 officers and men.

In 1912 all three, like the other surviving 27-knotter destroyers, were re-classed as A-class destroyers. They served in Home waters throughout the First World war, and all three were sold for breaking up in 1920.

Notes

References

  • Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. Shipshape monographs. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-364-8. 
  • Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X. 

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