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 | |
| Name | HMS Salmon |
| Builder | Earl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire |
| Laid down | 12 March 1894 |
| Launched | 15 January 1895 |
| Completed | January 1896 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Salmon-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 305 long tons (310 t) |
| Length | 204.75 ft (62.41 m) |
| Beam | 19.5 ft (5.9 m) |
| Draught | 7.75 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Armament |
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Operational details
editIn 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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