HMS Zephyr (1895)
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.jpg) HMS Zephyr with four funnels, after reboiling and the addition of three funnels. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Fervent-class destroyer |
| Name: | HMS Zephyr |
| Builder: | Hanna, Donald & Wilson, Paisley, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1894 |
| Launched: | 10 May 1895 |
| Completed: | July 1901 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 275 tons light, 320 tons full load[1] |
| Length: |
200 ft (61 m) between perpendiculars 204 ft 3 in (62.26 m) length overall[2] |
| Beam: | 19 ft (5.8 m)[3] |
| Draught: | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)[4] |
| Installed power: | 4,000 indicated horsepower (5.4 megawatts)[5] |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion steam engine; two shafts[6] |
| Speed: | 26 knots (48.2 km/hr)[7] |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | none |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Zephyr.
HMS Zephyr was one of two Fervent class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 10 May 1895 from Hanna, Donald & Wilson at Paisley, Scotland. She served in home waters, and was sold on 10 February 1920 to Ward at Rainham.
Notes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 90.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 91.
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.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
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