HMS Griffon (1896)
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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 | Template:Sclass- |
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 |
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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.
Construction
Griffon was ordered on 9 January 1896 as one of six 30-knotter destroyers programmed to be built by Lairds under the 1895–1896 programme.[1] These followed on from four very similar destroyers ordered from Lairds as part of the 1894–1895 programme.[2]
Griffon was 218 ft 0 in (66.45 m) long overall and 213 ft 0 in (64.92 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) and a draught of 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m). Displacement was 355 long tons (361 t) light and 415 long tons (422 t) deep load. Like the other Laird-built 30-knotters, Griffon was propelled by two triple expansion steam engines, fed by four Normand boilers, rated at 6,300 ihp (4,700 kW), and was fitted with four funnels.[2][3]
Armament was the standard for the 30-knotters, i.e. a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.[4][5]
Griffon was laid down as Yard number 622 on 7 March 1896 and launched on 21 November that year.[1] She reached a speed of 30.11 kn (34.65 mph; 55.76 km/h) during sea trials,[6] and was completed in November 1897.[1]
Service
Griffon departed for the Mediterranean Squadron, together with sister ship Earnest, in September 1898,[1] and was still serving in the Mediterranean in January 1900.[7] She visited Greek waters in September 1902,[8] and Lieutenant Harry Charles John Roberts West was appointed in command when she was back at Malta in late October 1902.[9] Griffon returned to British waters in 1906.[1] In early 1910, Griffon, part of the Nore Destroyer Flotilla, was refitted at Chatham Dockyard.[10]
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. As a four-funneled 30-knotter destroyer, Griffon was assigned to the B Class.[11][12] In 1912, older destroyers were transferred to patrol flotillas,[13] with Griffon forming part of the Seventh Flotilla, based at Devonport, by March 1913.[14][13] Griffon remained part of the Seventh Flotilla in June 1914.[15][16] Griffon entered refit at Pembroke Dockyard in July 1914.[17]
In January 1915, Griffon was based at Scapa Flow, as one of a force of 29 destroyers used for local patrols of this key anchorage, the base for the Grand Fleet.[18][19] Griffon remained attached to the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow in February 1918,[20] but by March 1918 had transferred to the Irish Sea Flotilla.[21] On 19 May 1918, she was one of several warships dispatched to investigate a sighting report of a periscope by an airship off the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales. No submarine was destroyed in the resulting operations.[22] Griffon was based at Holyhead on Anglesey for operations in the Irish sea at the end of the war.[23][24]
Disposal
In January 1919, Griffon was listed as being temporarily based at Devonport Naval Base.[25] In April 1920, she was listed as for sale,[26] and she was sold for scrap to Castle of Plymouth on 1 July 1920.[27]
Pennant numbers
Pennant number[27] | From | To |
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D39 | 1914 | September 1915 |
D81 | September 1915 | January 1918 |
D45 | January 1918 | Retirement |
References
- ^ a b c d e Lyon 2001, p. 62
- ^ a b Lyon 2001, pp. 61–62
- ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 94
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 40
- ^ Brassey 1898, p. 349
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36046. London. 23 January 1900. p. 12. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36893. London. 8 October 1902. p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36854. London. 23 August 1902. p. 8. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Chatham Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 37, no. 443. March 1910. p. 7.
- ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 18
- ^ Manning 1961, pp. 17–18
- ^ a b Manning 1961, p. 25
- ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Patrol Flotillas". The Monthly Naval List. March 1913. p. 269d. Retrieved 6 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "223a: Griffon. (Dev.) Torpedo Boat Destroyer". The Monthly Naval List. March 1913. p. 322. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Patrol Flotillas". The Monthly Naval List. March 1913. p. 269c. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Pembroke Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 32. August 1914. p. 308.
- ^ "Supplement to the Monthly Naval List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c.: Home and Atlantic Waters: Attached Destroyers and Depot Ships". The Navy List. January 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 27
- ^ "Supplement to the Monthly Naval List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c.: I.—The Grand Fleet: Other Ships Attached to Grand Fleet". The Navy List. February 1918. p. 12. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Supplement to the Monthly Naval List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c.: XI.—Irish Sea Flotilla". The Navy List. March 1918. p. 19. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ Rickard, J. (7 January 2019). "HMS Griffon (1896)". HistoryOfWar.org. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Ships of the Royal Navy - Location/Action Data, 1914–1918: Part 2 - Admiralty "Pink Lists", 11 November 1918". Naval-history.net. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Supplement to the Monthly Naval List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c.: IX.—Coast of Ireland Station". The Navy List. December 1918. p. 18. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Supplement to the Monthly Naval List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c.: XI.—Vessels at Home Ports Temporarily: Devonport". The Navy List. January 1919. p. 20. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "List of Obsolete Vessels and Vessels for Sale". The Navy List. p. 1105b. Retrieved 7 July 2019 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ a b Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 57
Bibliography
- Brassey, T. A., ed. (1898). The Naval Annual 1898. Portsmouth, UK: J Griffin and Co.
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- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
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