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| − | The four-funneled subset of the destroyers originally termed the '''30 Knotters''', | + | The four-funneled subset of the destroyers originally termed the '''30 Knotters''', twenty-four '''"B" Class destroyers''' entered service with the [[Royal Navy]] between 1897 and 1898. |
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| + | Their average cost was £60,000.{{HardLying|Table 3}} | ||
They were designated the '''"B" class''' on 30 August 1912.{{Conways1906|p. 18}} | They were designated the '''"B" class''' on 30 August 1912.{{Conways1906|p. 18}} | ||
| − | + | In July, 1918, twenty ships were still in service,{{SMNLJul18|pp. 10-28}} and in May 1920, twenty of the ships were still worth documenting as regards their armament.<ref name=th15>''Technical History and Index'' Vol. 4, Part 34, p. 15.</ref> | |
<div name=fredbot:ships> | <div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
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|Broken up 1920 | |Broken up 1920 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| − | | {{Template:UK- | + | | {{Template:UK-1Seal}} |
|[[Laird]] | |[[Laird]] | ||
|17 Jun, 1896 | |17 Jun, 1896 | ||
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|Broken up 1921 | |Broken up 1921 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| − | | {{Template:UK- | + | | {{Template:UK-1Express}} |
|[[Laird]] | |[[Laird]] | ||
|1 Dec, 1896 | |1 Dec, 1896 | ||
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|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| {{Template:UK-1Success}} | | {{Template:UK-1Success}} | ||
| − | |[[Doxford]] | + | |[[William Doxford & Sons]] |
|18 Sep, 1899 | |18 Sep, 1899 | ||
|21 Mar, 1901 | |21 Mar, 1901 | ||
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|Wrecked 1914 | |Wrecked 1914 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| − | | {{Template:UK- | + | | {{Template:UK-1Spiteful}} |
| − | |[[Palmer]] | + | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] |
|12 Jan, 1898 | |12 Jan, 1898 | ||
|11 Jan, 1899 | |11 Jan, 1899 | ||
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|Broken up 1920 | |Broken up 1920 | ||
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| − | | {{Template:UK- | + | | {{Template:UK-1Peterel}} |
| − | |[[Palmer]] | + | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] |
|29 Jul, 1898 | |29 Jul, 1898 | ||
|30 Mar, 1899 | |30 Mar, 1899 | ||
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|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| {{Template:UK-Myrmidon}} | | {{Template:UK-Myrmidon}} | ||
| − | |[[Palmer]] | + | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] |
|23 Oct, 1899 | |23 Oct, 1899 | ||
|26 May, 1896 | |26 May, 1896 | ||
|May, 1901 | |May, 1901 | ||
| − | | | + | |Mined 26 Mar, 1917 |
|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| {{Template:UK-Syren}} | | {{Template:UK-Syren}} | ||
| − | |[[Palmer]] | + | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] |
|24 Nov, 1899 | |24 Nov, 1899 | ||
|20 Dec, 1900 | |20 Dec, 1900 | ||
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|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| {{Template:UK-Kangaroo}} | | {{Template:UK-Kangaroo}} | ||
| − | |[[Palmer]] | + | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] |
|29 Dec, 1899 | |29 Dec, 1899 | ||
|8 Sep, 1900 | |8 Sep, 1900 | ||
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|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| {{Template:UK-Arab}} | | {{Template:UK-Arab}} | ||
| − | |[[Thomson]] | + | |[[J. & G. Thomson]] |
|5 Mar, 1900 | |5 Mar, 1900 | ||
|9 Feb, 1901 | |9 Feb, 1901 | ||
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|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| {{Template:UK-Cobra}} | | {{Template:UK-Cobra}} | ||
| − | |[[Armstrong]] | + | |[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]] |
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|28 Jun, 1899 | |28 Jun, 1899 | ||
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|- align=left | |- align=left | ||
| {{Template:UK-Albacore}} | | {{Template:UK-Albacore}} | ||
| − | |[[Palmer]] | + | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] |
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|19 Sep, 1906 | |19 Sep, 1906 | ||
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| {{Template:UK-Bonetta}} | | {{Template:UK-Bonetta}} | ||
| − | |[[Palmer]] | + | |[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]] |
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|14 Jan, 1907 | |14 Jan, 1907 | ||
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The ships were used to compare oil firing and coal firing to see what new technology and methods could yield. {{UK-Surly}} was fitted with both Holden and Rusden & Eeles oil-fired boilers, but trials in 1898-99 produced a lot of smoke and firing only 82% as efficient as with coal. The boilers were update in 1901, but results were not dramatically improved. In 1902, Kermode and Orde systems were tried, and the Kermode system proved the better, now producing evaporation 14% better than was possible with coal.{{BrownGF|p. 21}} | The ships were used to compare oil firing and coal firing to see what new technology and methods could yield. {{UK-Surly}} was fitted with both Holden and Rusden & Eeles oil-fired boilers, but trials in 1898-99 produced a lot of smoke and firing only 82% as efficient as with coal. The boilers were update in 1901, but results were not dramatically improved. In 1902, Kermode and Orde systems were tried, and the Kermode system proved the better, now producing evaporation 14% better than was possible with coal.{{BrownGF|p. 21}} | ||
| − | Between September, 1905 and January 1905, ''Surly'''s oil-firing was compared to {{UK- | + | Between September, 1905 and January 1905, ''Surly'''s oil-firing was compared to {{UK-1Peterel}}'s coal-firing. The vital win was that ''Surly'' required just three men rather than six men in her boiler room, but in four different tests, she seemed superior in speed and in fuel consumption by weight, though there was variation and sometimes ''Peterel'' had a minor edge.{{BrownGF|p. 21}} |
==Guns== | ==Guns== | ||
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Two 18-in single torpedo tubes on the centre line. | Two 18-in single torpedo tubes on the centre line. | ||
| − | In 1905-06, it was decreed that {{UK-Kangaroo}} and {{UK-Myrmidon}} were to have their 10 cubic foot air compressors replaced by a 20 cubic foot model to be able to pump to 2,500 psi. In 1906-07, {{UK- | + | In 1905-06, it was decreed that {{UK-Kangaroo}} and {{UK-Myrmidon}} were to have their 10 cubic foot air compressors replaced by a 20 cubic foot model to be able to pump to 2,500 psi. In 1906-07, {{UK-1Peterel}} and {{UK-1Spiteful}} were to receive the same.{{ARTS1904|p. 75}} |
From 1907, the decision was made to standardise the "A" through "D"s with torpedoes set for short range, allotting them the Mark IV S.R..{{ARTS1907|p. 32}} | From 1907, the decision was made to standardise the "A" through "D"s with torpedoes set for short range, allotting them the Mark IV S.R..{{ARTS1907|p. 32}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | {{refbegin}} | ||
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_class_destroyer_(1913)}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_class_destroyer_(1913)}} | ||
| + | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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name=Quail | name=Quail | ||
pend=D.85 (1914)<br>D.89 (Sep 1915)<br>D.70 (Jan 1918)<br>H.32 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}} | pend=D.85 (1914)<br>D.89 (Sep 1915)<br>D.70 (Jan 1918)<br>H.32 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}} | ||
| − | builder=[[Laird]]{{Conways1860|p. 94}} | + | builder=[[Laird]]{{Conways1860|p. 94}}l |
order=1894-95 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 94}} | order=1894-95 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 94}} | ||
laid=28 5 1895{{Conways1860|p. 94}} | laid=28 5 1895{{Conways1860|p. 94}} | ||
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order=Purchased 1901{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | order=Purchased 1901{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | ||
laid=20 6 99{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | laid=20 6 99{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | ||
| − | launch=14 7 | + | launch=14 7 1900{{Conways1860|p. 97}} |
comm=Apr 1902{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | comm=Apr 1902{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | ||
fate=Broken up | fate=Broken up | ||
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name=Success | name=Success | ||
pend=D.24 (1914){{DittColl|p. 57}} | pend=D.24 (1914){{DittColl|p. 57}} | ||
| − | builder=[[Doxford]]{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | + | builder=[[William Doxford & Sons]]{{Conways1860|p. 96}} |
order=1899{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | order=1899{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | ||
laid=18 9 99{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | laid=18 9 99{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | ||
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name=Spiteful | name=Spiteful | ||
pend=P.73 (1914)<br>D.91 (Sep 1915)<br>D.76 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}} | pend=P.73 (1914)<br>D.91 (Sep 1915)<br>D.76 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}} | ||
| − | builder=[[Palmer]]{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | + | builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 96}} |
order=1897-98 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | order=1897-98 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | ||
laid=12 1 98{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | laid=12 1 98{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | ||
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name=Myrmidon | name=Myrmidon | ||
pend=P.83 (1914)<br>D.85 (Sep 1915){{DittColl|p. 57}} | pend=P.83 (1914)<br>D.85 (Sep 1915){{DittColl|p. 57}} | ||
| − | builder=[[Palmer]]{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | + | builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 97}} |
order=1899 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | order=1899 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | ||
laid=23 10 99{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | laid=23 10 99{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | ||
| − | launch=26 5 | + | launch=26 5 1900{{DittColl|p. 57}} |
comm=May 1901{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | comm=May 1901{{Conways1860|p. 97}} | ||
| − | fate= | + | fate=Mined |
| − | fatedate=1917{{ | + | fatedate=26 Mar, 1917{{March|p. 52}} |
} | } | ||
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name=Arab | name=Arab | ||
pend=D.01 (1914)<br>D.77 (Sep 1915)<br>D.05 (Jan 1918)<br>H.08 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}} | pend=D.01 (1914)<br>D.77 (Sep 1915)<br>D.05 (Jan 1918)<br>H.08 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}} | ||
| − | builder=[[Thomson]]{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | + | builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]]{{Conways1860|p. 98}} |
order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | ||
laid=5 3 1900{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | laid=5 3 1900{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | ||
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name=Cobra | name=Cobra | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
| − | builder=[[Armstrong]]{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | + | builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 98}} |
order=Purchased 1900{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | order=Purchased 1900{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | ||
laid= | laid= | ||
launch=28 6 1899{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | launch=28 6 1899{{Conways1860|p. 98}} | ||
| − | + | comp=mid September, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 10, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36556.</ref> | |
fate=Foundered | fate=Foundered | ||
| − | fatedate=1901 | + | fatedate=19 September, 1901 |
} | } | ||
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name=Albacore | name=Albacore | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
| − | builder=[[Palmer]]{{DittColl|p. 58}} | + | builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{DittColl|p. 58}} |
order=Purchased 1909{{DittColl|p. 58}} | order=Purchased 1909{{DittColl|p. 58}} | ||
laid= | laid= | ||
Latest revision as of 09:56, 9 August 2018
The four-funneled subset of the destroyers originally termed the 30 Knotters, twenty-four "B" Class destroyers entered service with the Royal Navy between 1897 and 1898.
Their average cost was £60,000.[1]
They were designated the "B" class on 30 August 1912.[2]
In July, 1918, twenty ships were still in service,[3] and in May 1920, twenty of the ships were still worth documenting as regards their armament.[4]
| Overview of 24 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Quail | Laird | 28 May, 1895 | 24 Sep, 1895 | Jun, 1897 | Broken up 1919 |
| Sparrowhawk | Laird | 30 May, 1895 | 8 Oct, 1895 | Jun, 1897 | Wrecked 1904 |
| Thrasher | Laird | 30 May, 1895 | 5 Nov, 1895 | Jun, 1897 | Broken up 1919 |
| Virago | Laird | 13 Jun, 1895 | 19 Nov, 1895 | Jun, 1897 | Broken up 1919 |
| Earnest | Laird | 2 Mar, 1896 | 7 Nov, 1896 | Nov, 1897 | Broken up 1920 |
| Griffon | Laird | 7 Mar, 1896 | 21 Nov, 1896 | Nov, 1897 | Broken up 1920 |
| Locust | Laird | 20 Apr, 1896 | 5 Dec, 1896 | Jul, 1898 | Broken up 1919 |
| Panther | Laird | 19 May, 1896 | 21 Jan, 1897 | Jan, 1898 | Broken up 1920 |
| Seal | Laird | 17 Jun, 1896 | 6 Mar, 1897 | May, 1898 | Broken up 1921 |
| Wolf | Laird | 12 Nov, 1896 | 2 Jun, 1897 | Jul, 1898 | Broken up 1921 |
| Express | Laird | 1 Dec, 1896 | 11 Dec, 1897 | Feb, 1902 | Broken up 1921 |
| Orwell | Laird | 9 Nov, 1897 | 29 Sep, 1898 | Jan, 1900 | Broken up 1922 |
| Lively | Laird | 20 Jun, 1899 | 14 Jul, 1900 | Apr, 1902 | Broken up 1920 |
| Sprightly | Laird | 20 Jun, 1899 | 25 Sep, 1900 | Mar, 1902 | Broken up 1921 |
| Success | William Doxford & Sons | 18 Sep, 1899 | 21 Mar, 1901 | May, 1902 | Wrecked 1914 |
| Spiteful | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 12 Jan, 1898 | 11 Jan, 1899 | Feb, 1900 | Broken up 1920 |
| Peterel | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 29 Jul, 1898 | 30 Mar, 1899 | Jul, 1900 | Broken up 1919 |
| Myrmidon | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 23 Oct, 1899 | 26 May, 1896 | May, 1901 | Mined 26 Mar, 1917 |
| Syren | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 24 Nov, 1899 | 20 Dec, 1900 | Feb, 1902 | Broken up 1920 |
| Kangaroo | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 29 Dec, 1899 | 8 Sep, 1900 | Jul, 1901 | Broken up 1920 |
| Arab | J. & G. Thomson | 5 Mar, 1900 | 9 Feb, 1901 | Jan, 1903 | Broken up 1919 |
| Cobra | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company | 28 Jun, 1899 | 1901 | Foundered 1901 | |
| Albacore | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 19 Sep, 1906 | 1 Aug, 1919 | ||
| Bonetta | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company | 14 Jan, 1907 | 7 Jun, 1920 | ||
Contents
Machinery
The ships were used to compare oil firing and coal firing to see what new technology and methods could yield. Surly was fitted with both Holden and Rusden & Eeles oil-fired boilers, but trials in 1898-99 produced a lot of smoke and firing only 82% as efficient as with coal. The boilers were update in 1901, but results were not dramatically improved. In 1902, Kermode and Orde systems were tried, and the Kermode system proved the better, now producing evaporation 14% better than was possible with coal.[5]
Between September, 1905 and January 1905, Surly's oil-firing was compared to Peterel's coal-firing. The vital win was that Surly required just three men rather than six men in her boiler room, but in four different tests, she seemed superior in speed and in fuel consumption by weight, though there was variation and sometimes Peterel had a minor edge.[6]
Guns
Like the 27 knotters within the "A" class, the ships mounted:
- One 12-pdr 12 cwt on a P. I mounting. The gun recoiled 12 inches and the mounting and its sights were capable of 30 degree elevations (9500 yards).[4]
- Five Q.F. 6-pdr on Mark I* mountings recoiling 5 inches. The mounting could elevate 30 degrees, but the sight only 25 degrees (4000 yards). By 1920, two 6-pdrs had been removed.[7][4]
In late-1913, the 12-pdr mountings were equipped with percussion firing gear.[8]
By 1920, those remaining had also been fitted with a Q.F. 6-pdr on Mark IV H.A. mounting.[4]
Torpedoes
Two 18-in single torpedo tubes on the centre line.
In 1905-06, it was decreed that Kangaroo and Myrmidon were to have their 10 cubic foot air compressors replaced by a 20 cubic foot model to be able to pump to 2,500 psi. In 1906-07, Peterel and Spiteful were to receive the same.[9]
From 1907, the decision was made to standardise the "A" through "D"s with torpedoes set for short range, allotting them the Mark IV S.R..[10]
Other Weapons
Searchlights
Fire Control
Visual fire control system.[4]
Torpedo Control
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. Table 3.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 18.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). pp. 10-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Technical History and Index Vol. 4, Part 34, p. 15.
- ↑ Brown. The Grand Fleet. p. 21.
- ↑ Brown. The Grand Fleet. p. 21.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, p. 93.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 430 of 1 Aug, 1913.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. p. 75.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907. p. 32.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. London: Chatham Publishing. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1920). The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships during the War. Vol. 4, Part 34. C.B. 1515 (34) now O.U. 6171/20. At The National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.
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