HMS Cheerful (1897)

HMS Cheerful was a 30-knot, three-funnel torpedo boat destroyer built by Hawthorn Leslie. She was ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates, launched in 1898, and saw action during World War I. She was mined off the Shetland Islands in 1917 and sank with the loss of 44 officers and men.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cheerful.

The visually identical Greyhound underway in 1906
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cheerful
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderR.W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne
Cost£54,509
Yard number343
Laid down7 September 1896
Launched14 July 1897
CommissionedJune 1899
FateMined on 30 June 1917
General characteristics
Class and typeHawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) light
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
Length215 ft (66 m) o/a
Beam21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Draught8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Installed power6,100 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers
  • 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 shafts
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 95 tons coal
  • 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement63 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 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
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