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Revision as of 11:00, 24 May 2016

H.M.S. Swordfish (1895)
Builder: Armstrong[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 4 Jun, 1894[3]
Launched: 27 Mar, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Dec, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1910[6]

H.M.S. Swordfish was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

Service

Swordfish was broken up before the war.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Equipment

In 1896, Swordfish and Spitfire were fitted with Tower's Steady Platform for its search light which proved "very satisfactory,"[12] having been improved since the initial 1889 evaluation. In tests at Chatham on 13th October, 1896, Spitfire was moored in basin number 3 and rolled about 25 degrees while she shone her light on a hatch-painted test vessel. The light beam did not waver by more than a half degree during the test.[13]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  8. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 May 1902. (36756), p. 6.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 305s.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 381.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. ix.
  13. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 51.

Bibliography


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