HMS Desperate (1896)

HMS Desperate was a two funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1894 – 1895 Naval Estimates. She was launched in 1896, served in Home waters and the Mediterranean before World War I. She was based in Portsmouth during the war and was sold for breaking in 1920.

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

Fame, sister-ship to Desperate
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Desperate
Ordered10 May 1895
BuilderJohn I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost£54,579
Yard number305
Laid down1 July 1895
Launched15 February 1896
CommissionedFebruary 1897
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
FateSold for breaking, 20 May 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeTwo funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 272 long tons (276 t) standard
  • 352 long tons (358 t) full load
Length210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Installed power5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion
  • 3 × water tube boilers
  • 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 shafts
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement65 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 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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