The C class of 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications. The uniting feature of the class was a top speed of 30 knots, a "turtleback" forecastle and that they all had three funnels. The funnels were spaced equidistantly and were of equal height, but the central one was thicker. In 1913 all "30 knotter" vessels with 3 funnels were classified by the Admiralty as the C class to provide some system to the naming of HM destroyers (The 4-funnelled, "30 knotters" became the B class and the 2-funnelled ships the D class). All vessels had the distinctive turtleback that was intended to clear water from the bows but actually tended to dig the bow in to anything of a sea, resulting in a very wet conning position and poor seaboats that were unable to reach top speed in anything but perfect conditions. A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... forecastle with figurehead Grand Turk Focsle of the Prince William, a modern square rigged ship, in the North Sea. ... The first Torpedo Boat Destroyer (TBD) in the Royal Navy was HMS Havock of 1893. ... The B class of 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. ... The D class of 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. ...

They generally displaced around 350 tons and had a length of around 200 feet. All were powered by triple expansion steam engines for 5,800 shp and had coal-fired water-tube boilers, except some unique "specials" that used steam turbines in addition to, or in lieu of, the reciprocating engines. Armament was one QF 12 pounder on a bandstand on the forecastle, five QF 6 pounder (two sided abreast the conning tower, two sided between the funnels and one on the quarterdeck) and 2 single tubes for 18 inch torpedoes. // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... A Water-tube boiler is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes which are heated externally by the fire. ... A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into useful mechanical work. ... This article explains certain terms used for British ordnance during World War II. BL Bl stood for Breech loading. The shell was loaded and then the propellant after in cloth bags. ... Quarterdeck Office Systems, later Quarterdeck Corporation, was an American computer software company. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ...

Ships

ex-Star class (360 tons, built by built by Palmers, Jarrow); Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited, often referred to simply as Palmers, were a British shipbuilding company established in 1852 by Charles Mark Palmer. ... Map sources for Jarrow at grid reference NZ3465 Jarrow is a town on the River Tyne, England with a population around 27,000 (2001 Census). ...

• Bat, built 1896
• Crane, built 1896
• Chamois, built 1896, foundered 1904 after mechanical failure caused a propeller blade to penetrate the hull plating
• Flirt, built 1897, torpedoed and sunk by German destroyers October 27, 1918
• Flying Fish, built 1897
• Star, built 1896
• Whiting, built 1896

ex-Bullfinch class (345 tons, built by Earle, Kingston upon Hull) Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bat HMS Bat, a Star class destroyer launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1919 HMS Bat, a tug commissioned in 1943. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...

• Bullfinch, built 1901
• Dove, built 1898

ex-Violet class (350 tons, built by Doxford, Sunderland William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding company established in 1857 by William Doxford. ... Statistics Population: 177,739 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ395575 Administration District: City of Sunderland Metropolitan county: Tyne and Wear Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Tyne and Wear Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Northumbria Ambulance service: North East Post...

• Lee, built 1899
• Sylvia, built 1897
• Violet, built 1897

ex-Avon class (350 tons, built by Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness After the end of the Napoleonic War in 1815, Pasco was given command of HMS Lee, a small frigate employed in the Channel for the suppression of smuggling. ... Vickers, Limited was a famous British engineering conglomerate that merged into Vickers Armstrong in 1927. ... Statistics Population: 71,980 (of borough) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD198690 Administration District: Barrow-in-Furness Shire county: Cumbria Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cumbria Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Cumbria Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West...

• Avon, built 1896
• Bittern, built 1897, rammed and sunk by SS Kenilworth off Portland Bill, April 4, 1918
• Leopard, built 1897
• Otter, built 1896
• Vixen (400 ton displacement), built 1901

ex-Brazen class (350 tons, built by Clydebank Shipbuilding Yard, Clydebank) Chesil Beach from the hill above Fortuneswell, Portland Harbour is on the right. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard: The first Leopard was a 34-gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653. ... HMS Vixen was a V-Class destroyer launched by the Royal Navy and later acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Sioux (R64). ... The Brazen class formed part of a general class of forty turtleback bowed destroyers capable of 30 knots built around the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century for the Royal Navy. ... HMS Indefatigable being launched at Clydebank. ... The post 1975 local government re-organisation coat of arms, adopted in 1975 The red saltire on the white field is for the ancient province of Lennox and for the towns more recent historic links to Ireland which previously used the same flag. ...

• Brazen, built 1896
• Electra, built 1901
• Kestrel, built 1898
• Recruit, built 1901, torpedoed and sunk by U-boat off the Galloper in the River Thames, May 1, 1915
• Vulture, built 1898

ex-Mermaid class (355 tons, built by Hawthorn, Newcastle upon Tyne There have been a number of Royal Navy ships called HMS Brazen The French L´Invincible General Bonaparte - taken in 1798, became HMS Brazen and was wrecked in January 1800 near Newhaven. ... HMS Electra, which carried the pennant number H27, was launched on 15 February 1934 at the Hawthorne Leslie shipyard at Hebburn, Tyneside. ... The Thames (pronounced []) is a river flowing through southern England, in its lower reaches flowing through London into the sea. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a Hebburn, Newcastle upon Tyne shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer formed by the merger of the shipbuilder A. Leslie and Company and the locomotive works of R. and W. Hawthorn in 1870. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...

• Cheerful, built 1897, mined and sunk off Shetland islands, June 30, 1917
• Mermaid, built 1898

ex-Gipsy class (355 tons, built by Fairfield, Govan The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid. ... The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the famous Govan area on the Clyde in Scotland. ... Govan is a district and former burgh in the southwestern part of the Scottish city of Glasgow. ...

• Greyhound, built 1900
• Racehorse, built 1900
• Roebuck, built 1901
• Fairy, built 1897, foundered after damaged sustained ramming U boat UC-75 in North Sea, May 31, 1918
• Falcon, built 1901
• Gipsy, built 1897
• Osprey, built 1897

ex-Leven class (370 tons, built by Fairfield, Govan) Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed. ... HMS Roebuck is a coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy. ... October 1939. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... HMS Gipsy (H63) was a G-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5 September 1934, launched on 7 November 1935 and completed on 22 February 1936. ...

• Leven, built 1901
• Ostrich, built 1901

ex-John Brown private builds, purchased 1901 (380 tons, built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank) HMS Indefatigable being launched at Clydebank. ... The post 1975 local government re-organisation coat of arms, adopted in 1975 The red saltire on the white field is for the ancient province of Lennox and for the towns more recent historic links to Ireland which previously used the same flag. ...

• Thorn, built 1901
• Tiger, built 1901
• Vigilant, built 1901

ex-Thornycroft special Twelve ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger, after the feline tiger. ... HMS Vigilant (S30) is the third Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy. ...

• Albatross, 430 tons, built 1898

ex-Viper class Hawthorn specials, (4 shafts, steam turbines) The Viper class was a group of two Torpedo Boat Destroyers (TBD) built for the British Royal Navy in 1899. ...

• Velox (ex-Python), 400 tons, built 1902, mined and sunk off Nab light vessel, October 25, 1915
• Viper, 477 tons , built 1899, lost in accident 1901

ex-Armstrong-Whitworth special (transom stern, outboard rudder) October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

• Cobra, built 1900 by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth & Company, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne), lost in accident 1901

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. ... Walker is a residential suburb just east of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...

Bibliography

• Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-1075-7