HMS Sprightly (1900)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Sprightly |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1899 |
| Launched: | 25 September 1900 |
| Completed: | March 1902 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lively-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 385 long tons (391 t) |
| Length: | 219 ft (67 m) |
| Beam: | 21.25 ft (6.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 7 in (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
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HMS Sprightly was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was purchased by the navy in 1901.
Construction
Sprightly arrived at Plymouth from Birkenhead in late November 1901 for tests and fitting of navy equipment.[1] She was placed in the B division of the Fleet Reserve at Devonport in late March 1902.[2]
Operational history
Sprightly was commissioned at Devonport by Commander Roger Keyes on 13 May 1902,[3] with the crew of the destroyer Falcon, taking that ship´s place in the instructional flotilla.[4]
References
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36621). London. 25 November 1901. p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36726). London. 27 March 1902. p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36773). London. 21 May 1902. p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36764). London. 10 May 1902. p. 8.
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