HMS Contest (1894)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Contest.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Contest |
| Builder: | Laird, Son and Co., Birkenhead |
| Launched: | 1 December 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1911 |
| 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 Contest was one of three Banshee-class destroyers to serve with the Royal Navy.
She was launched on 1 December 1894 at the Laird, Son and Co shipyard, Birkenhead,[1] and served most of her career in home waters.
Service history
Contest served as part of the Medway Instructional Flotilla in 1901.[2] In July 1902 she was part of the escort meeting the USS Brooklyn, which brought back to England the remains of Lord Pauncefote, British ambassador to the US who died while in office.[3]
She was sold off in 1911.
Notes
References
- Manning, T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
- "battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 10 December 2007.
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