HMS Griffon (1896)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Griffon.
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Griffon
Builder: Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down: 7 March 1896
Launched: 21 November 1896
Completed: November 1897
Fate: Scrapped, 1920
General characteristics
Class and type: Earnest-class destroyer
Displacement: 395 long tons (401 t)
Length: 210 ft (64 m)
Beam: 21.5 ft (6.6 m)
Draught: 9.75 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 63
Armament:

HMS Griffon was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896.

She served with the Mediterranean Squadron in 1900 and 1901.[1][2]


References

  1. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36046). London. 23 January 1900. p. 12.
  2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36433). London. 19 April 1901. p. 10.


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