HMS Flying Fish (1897)

Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Flying Fish (1897)
HMS Flying Fish (1897)
	HMS Flying Fish
Name:	HMS Flying Fish
Ordered:	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder:	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow-on-Tyne
Laid down:	9 August 1896
Launched:	4 March 1897
Commissioned:	June 1898
Out of service:	Laid up in reserve, 1919
Fate:	Sold for breaking, 30 August 1919
General characteristics
Class & type:	Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement:	390 t (384 long tons) standard; 420 t (413 long tons) full load
Length:	219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam:	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught:	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power:	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion:	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed:	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range:	80 tons coal; 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement:	60 officers and men
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Flying Fish.

HMS Flying Fish was a Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the tenth ship to carry this name.^[3]^[4]

Construction[]

She was laid down on 9 August 1896 at the Palmer shipyard at Jarrow-on-Tyne 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.^[3]^[4]

Pre-War[]

After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Flotilla of the 1st Fleet based at Harwich.

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 an C-class destroyer and had the letter ‘C’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.^[5]

World War I[]

For the test mobilization in July 1914 she was assigned to the 8th Destroyer Flotilla based at Chatham. In August she deployed with the 8th Flotilla to the Tyne River. She performed patrol duties with the Tyne Patrol including anti-submarine and counter-mining patrols.

In May 1916 when she was deployed to the 7th Destroyer Flotilla 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.

Disposition[]

In 1919 Flying Fish was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was sold on 30 August 1919 to TR Sales for breaking.^[6]

Pennant numbers[]

Pennant number^[6]	From	To
P86	6 Dec 1914	1 Sep 1915
D57	1 Sep 1915	1 Jan 1918
D40	1 Jan 1918	13 Sep 1918
H69	13 Sep 1918	23 Jul 1919

References[]

Note: All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane's Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified

↑ Jane, Fred T. (1905, Reprinted 1969). Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
↑ Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Jane, Fred T. (1898, Reprinted 1969). Jane’s All The Worlds Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
↑ Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922. Conway Maritime Press. 1985, Reprinted 1986, 1997, 2002, 2006. p. Page 17 to 19. ISBN 0 85177 245 5.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm. Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.

Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.

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[1] Jane, Fred T. (1905, Reprinted 1969). Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.

[2] Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

[Jane-p84-85-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Jane, Fred T. (1898, Reprinted 1969). Jane’s All The Worlds Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.

[Jane-p76-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

[5] Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922. Conway Maritime Press. 1985, Reprinted 1986, 1997, 2002, 2006. p. Page 17 to 19. ISBN 0 85177 245 5.

[gwpda-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm. Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.

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