HMS Fairy (1897)

HMS Fairy was a three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer of the First World War. One of three similar ships built by Fairfields for the Royal Navy, she was ordered under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates and the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry this name. She was classified, along with other similar ships, as a C-class destroyer in 1913. She sank in 1918 from damage inflicted by ramming and sinking the German submarine UC-75.

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

HMS Fairy
History
United Kingdom
NameFairy
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Laid down19 October 1896
Launched29 May 1897
CommissionedAugust 1898
FateFoundered after ramming SM UC-75, 31 May 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeFairfield three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) standard
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
Length215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) o/a
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draught8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Installed power6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers
  • 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 × shafts
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 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 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount
  • 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
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