HMS Leopard (1897)
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Leopard |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched: | 20 March 1897 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping in June 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Avon-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 385 long tons (391 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
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HMS Leopard was an Avon-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness on 20 March 1897. She was among the vessels reclassified as C-class destroyers in 1913. Leopard served in the First World War and was sold for scrapping in June 1919 to J. Jackson.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- The British Destroyer, Captain T.D. Manning. Published by Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0 906223 12 x.
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