HMS Griffon (1896)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Griffon.

History

United Kingdom
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:	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:	vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,300 hp (4,698 kW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	63
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Griffon was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896.

She served with the Mediterranean Squadron in 1900 and 1901.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 23 January 1900. (36046), p. 12.
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 19 April 1901. (36433), p. 10.

B-class destroyer

Quail class	Quail Sparrowhawk Thrasher Virago

Earnest class	Earnest Griffon Locust Panther Seal Wolf

Lively class	Lively Sprightly Success

Spiteful class	Spiteful Peterel

Myrmidon class	Myrmidon Syren

Palmers final group	Albacore Bonetta

Unique ships	Kangaroo Express Orwell Arab Cobra

Preceded by: A class Followed by: C class List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

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