HMS Conflict (1894)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Conflict.
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Conflict |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White, East Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Launched: | 13 December 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold, 20 May 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Conflict-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 320 long tons (325 t) |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Propulsion: | White-Forster boilers, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 53 officers and men |
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HMS Conflict was the lead ship of the Conflict-class destroyers built by J. Samuel White, at East Cowes, Isle of Wight for the Royal Navy. She was launched on 13 December 1894, and sold on 20 May 1920.[1]
Service history
After her commission she served at the Mediterranean station, and was ordered to return home in early 1902,[2] but took part in gunnery and tactical exercises near Arucas, Las Palmas, in April that year before returning.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "HMS Conflict". www.pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 February 1902. (36696), p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 17 April 1902. (36744), p. 7.
References
- Manning, T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
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