HMS Cheerful (1897)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Cheerful |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
| Launched: | 14 July 1897 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a mine, 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Mermaid-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 385 long tons (391 t) light 430 long tons (437 t) full load |
| Length: | 214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) overall |
| Beam: | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft reciprocating engines 6 boilers 6,100 shp (4,549 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 62 |
| Armament: | • 1 × BL 12-pounder gun (12cwt) • 2 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2×1) |
HMS Cheerful was a Mermaid-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy.[1] She was launched on 14 July 1897 and mined in 1917 while on active service in the First World War.
[edit] References
- ^ "Mermaid Class Destroyer". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/greyhound_class.htm. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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