HMS Earnest (1896)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Earnest |
| Builder | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down | 2 March 1896 |
| Launched | 11 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 |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 63 |
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HMS Earnest was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy, one of six to be built from the line.[1] She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896, after 609 days of construction.[2] She was part of the new 30-knotters that were requested by the Admiralty, amid fears of foreign boats and their speeds the requirements were increased from 27 knots.[citation needed]
She served with the Mediterranean Squadron, and was in August 1901 recommissioned at Malta as tender to the battleship HMS Caesar.[3]
References
- ^ "Earnest Class". www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "HMS Earnest". navalhistory.flixco.info. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36533. London. 14 August 1901. p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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