HMS Banshee (1894)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Banshee.
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| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Banshee |
| Builder: | Laird, Son and Co., Birkenhead |
| Launched: | 17 November 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Banshee-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 290 long tons (295 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 53 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Banshee was one of three Banshee-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy.
She was launched on 17 November 1894 at the Laird, Son and Co shipyard, Birkenhead,[1] and served most of her time in the Mediterranean. Banshee was sold off in 1912.
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Manning, T.D (1979) [1961]. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
External links
- "battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 10 December 2007.
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