HMS Salmon was a Salmon-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1895, served in home waters and was sold off in 1911.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Salmon
BuilderEarl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down12 March 1894
Launched15 January 1895
CompletedJanuary 1896
FateScrapped, 1912
General characteristics
Class and typeSalmon-class destroyer
Displacement305 long tons (310 t)
Length204.75 ft (62.41 m)
Beam19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Draught7.75 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament

Operational details

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In late 1901 Salmon was damaged in an accident, and temporarily repaired at Harwich by shipwrights from Sheerness Dockyard in December 1901.[1] The following month she was paid off at Sheerness, and ordered into dry dock for repairs.[2] She was refitted and had her decks strengthened, staying in the dockyard until December 1902, when she was placed in Fleet Reserve at Chatham.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36634. London. 10 December 1901. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36655. London. 3 January 1902.
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36953. London. 17 December 1902. p. 8.

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