HMS Cygnet (1898)

	Cygnet's sister-ship, Cynthia
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cygnet
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	John I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Yard number	320
Laid down	25 September 1897
Launched	3 September 1898
Commissioned	March 1900
Fate	Sold for breaking, 29 April 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	270 long tons (274 t) standard; 352 long tons (358 t) full load;
Length	210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Draught	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Installed power	5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	65 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 – 1918

For other ships of this name, see HMS Cygnet.

HMS Cygnet was a two funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the thirteenth ship to carry this name. She was launched in 1898, served in the Chatham division before World War I and was tendered to the gunnery school at Sheerness during the war. She was sold for breaking in 1920.

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