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HMS Surly (1894)

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Painting of HMS Surly
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Surly
Launched1894
FateSold, 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement280 long tons (284 t)
Length200 ft (61 m)
PropulsionNormand boilers, 4,100 hp (3,057 kW)
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement53
Armament

HMS Surly was a Template:Sclass- of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Clydebank in 1894, served in home waters and was sold in 1920.

Design and construction

On 3 November 1893 the British Admiralty placed an order with the Glasgow shipbuilder J&G Thomson as part of the 1893–1894 Naval Estimates for three torpedo-boat destroyers, Rocket, Shark and Surly, with Surly expected to be delivered within 16 months.[1] A total of 36 destroyers were ordered from 14 shipbuilders as part of the 1893–1894 Naval Estimates, all of which were required to reach a contract speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph).[2][3] The Admiralty laid down broad requirements for the destroyers, including speed, the use of an arched turtleback[a] forecastle and armament, with the detailed design left to the builders, resulting in each of the builders producing different designs.[5][6]

Surly was 203 feet 9 inches (62.10 m) long overall and 200 feet (60.96 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m) and a draught of 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m). Displacement was 280 long tons (280 t) light and 350 long tons (360 t) full load. Four Normand three-drum water-tube boilers fed steam at 200 pounds per square inch (1,400 kPa) to 2 triple expansion steam engines rated at 4,100 indicated horsepower (3,100 kW). Three funnels were fitted.[1] Armament consisted of a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt[b] gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge) and three 6-pounder guns, with two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.[7] One of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders,[8] although by 1908 both five 6-pounder guns and both torpedo tubes were generally fitted.[9]

Surly was laid down at Thomson's Clydeside shipyard as yard number 271 on 14 February 1894 and was launched on 10 November 1894.[1] She reached a speed of 28.05 knots (51.95 km/h; 32.28 mph) during Sea trials[10] and was commissioned in July 1895.[1]

Service

Surly spent her whole career in British waters,[11] and was based at Portsmouth.[12] She took part in the 1901 British Naval Manoeuvres.[13] Surly was used in trials in the use of oil fuel instead of coal from 1898,[14][15][11] which were still ongoing in 1906.[16]

References

  1. ^ A turtleback is an arched structure over the deck of a ship, normally at the ship's bow, to protect against reach seas.[4]
  2. ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
  1. ^ a b c d Lyon 2001, p. 66
  2. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 92
  3. ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 19–20
  4. ^ "turtleback". The American Heritage Dictionary.
  5. ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 87
  6. ^ Manning 1961, p. 39
  7. ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 40, 291
  8. ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99
  9. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 100
  10. ^ Brassey 1897, p. 321
  11. ^ a b Lyon 2001, p. 67
  12. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 376874" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iv. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |8= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Brassey 1902, p. 90
  14. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36863. London. 3 September 1902. p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  15. ^ Brassey 1902, p. 399
  16. ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Portsmouth Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 29. 1 December 1909. p. 148.
  • Brassey, T.A. (1897). The Naval Annual 1897. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Brassey, T.A. (1902). The Naval Annual 1902. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M, eds. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Lyon, David (2001). The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Manning, T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)



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