History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Skate |
Builder | Vickers |
Launched | 13 March 1895 |
Out of service | Sold on 9 April 1907 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sturgeon-class destroyer |
Displacement | 340 tons |
Length | 194 feet 6 inches (59.28 m) |
Beam | 19 feet (5.79 m) |
Draught | 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 53 |
Armament |
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HMS Skate was a Sturgeon-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Built by Vickers, she was launched on 13 March 1895 and sold on 9 April 1907.
On 8 November 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order with the Naval Construction and Armament Company of Barrow-in-Furness (later to become part of Vickers) for three "Twenty-Seven Knotter" destroyers as part of the 1893–1894 construction programme for the Royal Navy, [1] with in total, 36 destroyers being ordered from various shipbuilders for this programme. [2]
The Admiralty only laid down a series of broad requirements for the destroyers, leaving detailed design to the ships' builders. The requirements included a trial speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h), a "turtleback" forecastle and a standard armament of a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. [3] [4] [5]
The Naval Construction and Armament Company produced a design with a length of 194 feet 6 inches (59.28 m) overall and 190 feet (57.91 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 19 feet (5.79 m) and a draught of 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m). Displacement was 300 long tons light and 340 long tons deep load. [1] Three funnels were fitted, with the foremast between the ship's bridge and the first funnel. [6] [7] Four Blechyndnen water-tube boilers fed steam at 200 pounds per square inch (1,400 kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 4,000 indicated horsepower (3,000 kW). [1] [8] 60 tons of coal were carried, [9] giving a range of 1,370 nautical miles (2,540 km; 1,580 mi) at a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). [10] The ship's crew was 53 officers and men. [10]
Skate was laid down on 20 March 1894 as Yard number 235, was launched on 13 March 1895 and completed in January 1896. [1]
In 1897 Skate was in reserve at Devonport. [11] In 1900 she was commissioned to serve at the Mediterranean station, and was ordered to return home in early 1902. [1] [12] She left Gibraltar on 9 May, [13] convoyed by the cruiser Astraea, and arrived in Plymouth on 14 May. [14] She paid off at Devonport on 20 May, and was placed in the A Division of the Fleet Reserve. [15] Lieutenant James Farie was appointed in command on 1 August 1902, [16] as she took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII. [17] Lieutenant Robert Mairis Haynes succeeded him in command later the same month, on 28 August, [18] when she was attached to the Devonport instructional flotilla. [19] During a cruise with the flotilla the following November, a heavy sea swept the upper deck and partially carried away the fore-bridge and twisted other fittings, leading skate to abort the cruise and return to dock for repairs. [20]
In 1906 Skate was used as a target in firing trials of the effectiveness of various guns against destroyers. 3-pounder (47 mm) guns proved ineffective, having difficulty penetrating the ship's plating in end-on engagements, and while 12-pounder (3-in (76 mm)) guns caused more damage, it was concluded that a single hit could not be guaranteed to disable a destroyer. 4-inch (102 mm) guns proved much more effective, particularly when Lyddite-filled shells were used, and this led to a change in destroyer armament to 4-inch guns. [21] [22] Sold in 1907 to Cox & Co. of Falmouth, Cornwall for £305, [23] she was the first destroyer of this type to go to the breakers.
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Skate |
Builder | Vickers |
Launched | 13 March 1895 |
Out of service | Sold on 9 April 1907 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sturgeon-class destroyer |
Displacement | 340 tons |
Length | 194 feet 6 inches (59.28 m) |
Beam | 19 feet (5.79 m) |
Draught | 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Range |
|
Complement | 53 |
Armament |
|
HMS Skate was a Sturgeon-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Built by Vickers, she was launched on 13 March 1895 and sold on 9 April 1907.
On 8 November 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order with the Naval Construction and Armament Company of Barrow-in-Furness (later to become part of Vickers) for three "Twenty-Seven Knotter" destroyers as part of the 1893–1894 construction programme for the Royal Navy, [1] with in total, 36 destroyers being ordered from various shipbuilders for this programme. [2]
The Admiralty only laid down a series of broad requirements for the destroyers, leaving detailed design to the ships' builders. The requirements included a trial speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h), a "turtleback" forecastle and a standard armament of a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. [3] [4] [5]
The Naval Construction and Armament Company produced a design with a length of 194 feet 6 inches (59.28 m) overall and 190 feet (57.91 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 19 feet (5.79 m) and a draught of 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m). Displacement was 300 long tons light and 340 long tons deep load. [1] Three funnels were fitted, with the foremast between the ship's bridge and the first funnel. [6] [7] Four Blechyndnen water-tube boilers fed steam at 200 pounds per square inch (1,400 kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 4,000 indicated horsepower (3,000 kW). [1] [8] 60 tons of coal were carried, [9] giving a range of 1,370 nautical miles (2,540 km; 1,580 mi) at a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). [10] The ship's crew was 53 officers and men. [10]
Skate was laid down on 20 March 1894 as Yard number 235, was launched on 13 March 1895 and completed in January 1896. [1]
In 1897 Skate was in reserve at Devonport. [11] In 1900 she was commissioned to serve at the Mediterranean station, and was ordered to return home in early 1902. [1] [12] She left Gibraltar on 9 May, [13] convoyed by the cruiser Astraea, and arrived in Plymouth on 14 May. [14] She paid off at Devonport on 20 May, and was placed in the A Division of the Fleet Reserve. [15] Lieutenant James Farie was appointed in command on 1 August 1902, [16] as she took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII. [17] Lieutenant Robert Mairis Haynes succeeded him in command later the same month, on 28 August, [18] when she was attached to the Devonport instructional flotilla. [19] During a cruise with the flotilla the following November, a heavy sea swept the upper deck and partially carried away the fore-bridge and twisted other fittings, leading skate to abort the cruise and return to dock for repairs. [20]
In 1906 Skate was used as a target in firing trials of the effectiveness of various guns against destroyers. 3-pounder (47 mm) guns proved ineffective, having difficulty penetrating the ship's plating in end-on engagements, and while 12-pounder (3-in (76 mm)) guns caused more damage, it was concluded that a single hit could not be guaranteed to disable a destroyer. 4-inch (102 mm) guns proved much more effective, particularly when Lyddite-filled shells were used, and this led to a change in destroyer armament to 4-inch guns. [21] [22] Sold in 1907 to Cox & Co. of Falmouth, Cornwall for £305, [23] she was the first destroyer of this type to go to the breakers.