HMS Mermaid (1898)

HMS Mermaid was a Hawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was launched in 1898, served during World War I and was sold for breaking in 1919.

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

The visually identical Greyhound underway in 1906
History
United Kingdom
NameMermaid
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderR.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Cost£54,509
Yard number343
Laid down7 September 1896
Launched22 February 1898
CommissionedJune 1899
Out of service1919
FateSold for breaking, 23 July 1919
General characteristics
Class and typeHawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) light
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
Length215 ft (66 m) o/a
Beam21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Draught8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Installed power6,100 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Thornycroft 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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