HMS Vigilant (1900)

HMS Vigilant was a Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer purchased by the Royal Navy under the 1899–1900 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1755 for an 8-gun schooner captured in 1756 by the French at Oswego.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameVigilant
BuilderJohn Brown and Company, Clydebank
Laid downSpeculative Build
Launched16 August 1900
Acquired1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates
CommissionedJune 1901
Out of serviceIn 1919 paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate10 February 1920 sold to South Alloa Ship Breaking Company for breaking at Charlestown near Rosyth on the Firth of Forth
General characteristics
Class and typeClydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 350 long tons (356 t) standard
  • 395 long tons (401 t) full load
  • 218 ft (66 m) o/a
  • 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) Beam
  • 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) Draught
Propulsion
  • 4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler
  • 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,465 nautical miles (2,713 km) at 11 knots (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 L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount
  • 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
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