Ferret class destroyer

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HMS Ferret
Class overview
Builders:	Cammell Laird
Operators:	Royal Navy
Built:	1893 to 1894
In commission:	1893 to 1912
Completed:	2
Active:	0
Lost:	0
Scrapped:	2
Preserved:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	280 tons
Length:	199 ft
Complement:	53
Armament:	One 12 pounder gun, two torpedo tubes

Two Ferret class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. HMS Ferret and HMS Lynx were built by Laird, displaced 280 tons and were 199 feet in length. They were armed with one 12-pounder gun and two bow torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of 53.

They were followed by the larger Banshee class which were built by Laird less than a year later.

[edit] References

• Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. ISBN 1-84067-364-8. 
• Captain T.D. Manning, (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co. 

[edit] See also

• Media related to Ferret class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons
• List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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v • d • e   A-class destroyer "26-knotter" type Daring class · Havock class · Ferret class "27-knotter" type Ardent class · Charger class · Hardy class · Janus class · Salmon class · Banshee class · Fervent class · Conflict class · Handy class · Sunfish class · Rocket class · Sturgeon class · Swordfish class · Zebra class Followed by: B class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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