HMS Lynx (1894)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lynx.
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| Name: | HMS Lynx |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | July 1893 |
| Launched: | 9 December 1893 |
| Completed: | March 1895 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ferret-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 199 long tons (202 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 19.25 ft (5.9 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
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HMS Lynx was a Ferret-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
Service history
She served in the Devonport instructional flotilla, when in early February 1900 she was transferred to become tender to the HMS Defiance, torpedo school ship off Devonport.[1]
In 1902 she served in the Channel Squadron,[2] underwent repairs to re-tube her boilers in May,[3]and took part in the Coronation Review for King Edward VII in August.
References
- Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. ISBN 1-84067-364-8.
- Captain T.D. Manning, (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co.
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1896   1898 | |
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