HMS Griffon (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Griffon
Builder	Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down	7 March 1896
Launched	21 November 1896
Completed	November 1897
Fate	Scrapped, 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Earnest-class destroyer
Displacement	395 long tons (401 t)
Length	210 ft (64 m)
Beam	21.5 ft (6.6 m)
Draught	9.75 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	vertical triple-expansion steam engines; Coal-fired Normand boilers; 6,300 hp (4,698 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Griffon was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896.

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