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Spitfire

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Swordfish			Armstrong, Elswick	4.6.1894	27.3.1895	12.1896	sold 10.1910
Spitfire			Armstrong, Elswick	4.6.1894	7.6.1895	11.1896	sold 4.1912

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	320
Displacement full, t	355
Length, m	62.3 oa 61.0 pp
Breadth, m	5.79
Draught, m	2.36
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 4-cyl VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	4500
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	coal 57?
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4)
Complement	58

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Project history

Before the Havock had completed it was decided to order another six destroyers from Thornycroft and Yarrow. Another nine were ordered from other builders making up, a few months later, the 1893/94 Programme. Apart from a slight increase in size the main difference was that the gun armament was increased by 2 57mm guns. The first six (the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats) had a bow tube fitted, but it was found to throw up clouds of spray in anything except a flat calm, had a bad effect on seakeeping and was soon removed.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.