HMS Brazen (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Brazen
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	J & G Thompson, Clydebank
Laid down	18 October 1895
Launched	3 July 1896
Commissioned	July 1900
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	4 November 1919 to J.H. Lee for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type	Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	380 long tons (386 t) standard; 425 long tons (432 t) full load; 214 ft (65 m) o/a; 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam; 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph);
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I Low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Brazen was a Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895-1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1781 for a 14-gun cutter, sold in 1799.

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