HMS Vixen (1900)

HMS Vixen was a Vickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fourth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1801 for an 18-gun brig sold 1815.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameVixen
Ordered1898 – 1898 Naval Estimates
BuilderVickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down7 September 1899
Launched29 March 1900
CommissionedMarch 1902
Decommissioned1919
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Fate17 March 1921 sold to Thos W Ward for breaking at Grays, Essex, on the Thames Estuary
General characteristics
Class and typeVickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) standard
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
  • 214 ft 3 in (65.30 m) o/a
  • 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam
  • 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) Draught
Propulsion
  • 4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler
  • 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 6,300 shp (4,700 kW)
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 70 tons coal
  • 1,440 nmi (2,670 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 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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