HMS Greyhound (1900)

HMS Greyhound was a Hawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates.

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

Greyhound underway at Portland, 1906
History
United Kingdom
NameGreyhound
Ordered1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates
BuilderR.W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne
Cost£61,066
Yard number377
Laid down18 July 1899
Launched6 October 1900
CompletedJanuary 1902
Out of serviceNovember 1918
Honours and
awards		Belgian Coast 1915 - 1918
FateSold for breaking, 10 June 1919
General characteristics
Class and typeHawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 385 long tons (391 t) light
  • 430 long tons (437 t) full load
Length214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) o/a
Beam21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Draught6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Installed power6,300 shp (4,700 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Yarrow 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)
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
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