HMS Lee (1899)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Lee.
History
Name: HMS Lee
Ordered: 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates
Builder: William Doxford and Sons Pallion, Sunderland
Laid down: 4 January 1898
Launched: 27 January 1899
Commissioned: March 1901
Fate: 5 October 1909 wrecked off Blacksod Bay on the west coast of Ireland
General characteristics
Class and type: Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement:
  • 350 t (344 long tons) standard
  • 400 t (394 long tons) full load
  • 214 ft (65 m) o/a
  • 21 ft (6.4 m) Beam
  • 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) Draught
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h)
Range:
  • 95 tons coal
  • 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement: 63 officers and men
Armament:
Service record

HMS Lee was a Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name since it introduction in 1776 for a 6-gun sloop for service on the Great Lakes.[3][4]

Construction

She was laid down on 4 January 1898 at the William Doxford and Sons shipyard at Pallion, Sunderland and launched on 27 January 1899. During her acceptance trials she took a very long time to attain the contract speed of 30 knots and was not accepted into the Royal Navy until March 1901.[3][4]

Pre-War

After commissioning she was deployed to the Channel Fleet and based at Shearness as part of the Medway Instructional Flotilla. In December 1901 she was replaced in the flotilla by Mermaid, her crew was transferred to the latter ship,[5] and she paid off into the Fleet Reserve.[6]

Loss

On 5 October 1909 she was wrecked off Blacksod Bay on the west coast of Ireland.[7]

She was not awarded a Battle Honour for her service.

Pennant Numbers

During her career she was not assigned a pennant (pendant) number.[7]

References

NOTE: All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane's Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified

  1. Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
  2. Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. 1 2 Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane’s All The Worlds Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.
  4. 1 2 Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 16 December 1901. (36639), p. 10.
  6. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 18 December 1901. (36641), p. 6.
  7. 1 2 ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.


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