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HMS Flying Fish (1897)

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On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. Since her design speed was 30-knots and she had three funnels she was assigned to the C class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as a C-class destroyer and had
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based at Chatham. In August she deployed with the 8th Flotilla to the Tyne River. The destroyer performed patrol duties with the Tyne Patrol including anti-submarine and counter-mining patrols.
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based at the Humber River. She performed patrol duties on the Humber Patrol including anti-submarine and counter-mining patrols. She would remain there for the remainder of the war.
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and launched on 4 March 1897. During her builder’s trials she made her contracted speed requirement. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in June 1898.
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British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans
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was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was sold on 30 August 1919 to TR Sales for breaking.
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ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the tenth ship to carry this name.
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After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Flotilla of the 1st Fleet based at Harwich.
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the letter ‘C’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.
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She served in the Portsmouth instructional flotilla under the command of Commander
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was re-commissioned by Lieutenant Hugh Percival Buckle for service on the
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for her commission in February 1902, she encountered hard weather in the
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and was knocked about so that she started leaking, and had to port at
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two months late on 16 April 1902. In September 1902 she visited the
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with other ships of the station for combined manoeuvres near
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1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
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Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
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London: Conway Maritime Press. 131:Sold for breaking, 30 August 1919 52: 31: 714: 662: 309: 647: 632: 617: 602: 587: 516: 501: 397: 215:2 × vertical triple-expansion 199:6,000 shp (4,500 kW) 1: 1330:Ships built on the River Tyne 768:. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. 301:Palmer three funnel, 30 knot 145:Palmer three funnel, 30 knot 7: 1149:Hawthorn Leslie 30 knotters 844:. London: Putnam & Co. 825:. London: Caxton Editions. 266:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I 78:1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates 16:Destroyer of the Royal Navy 10: 1361: 861:. London: Seeley Service. 766:British Warships 1914–1919 510:Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905 333: 18: 1340:C-class destroyers (1913) 1290: 1265: 1247: 1194: 1148: 1081: 1035: 1003: 978: 911: 783:Friedman, Norman (2009). 284:18-inch (450mm) torpedoes 231:30 kn (56 km/h) 135: 45: 30: 1266:Parsons turbine specials 857:March, Edgar J. (1966). 491: 123:Laid up in reserve, 1919 1248:Thornycroft 33 knotters 840:Manning, T. D. 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Index

HMS Flying Fish

Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Jarrow-on-Tyne
Palmer three funnel, 30 knot
destroyer
o/a
Reed water tube boilers
steam engines
QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I
QF 6-pdr 8 cwt
tubes
18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Palmer three funnel, 30 knot
destroyer
Palmer
Jarrow-on-Tyne
Morgan Singer
Mediterranean Station
tender
battleship
Royal Oak
Devonport
Bay of Biscay
Brest
Malta
Aegean Sea
Nauplia
8th Destroyer Flotilla
7th Destroyer Flotilla

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