| HMS Panther (1897) | |
|---|---|
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Panther |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 19 May 1896 |
| Launched: | 21 January 1897 |
| Completed: | January 1898 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Earnest-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 395 long tons (401 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 21.5 ft (6.6 m) |
| Draught: | 9.75 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: |
vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,300 hp (4,698 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
| Armament: |
1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Panther was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1897.
On 20 April 1901 she was commissioned at Devonport by Lieutenant and Commander A. K. Macrorie to take the place of HMS Osprey in the dockyard´s instructional flotilla.[1]
In July 1914, shortly before the Irish Volunteers carried out the Howth gun-running, the Panther was sent to Dublin Bay to guard against such a measure. Bulmer Hobson told a colleague "in strict confidence" that an arms landing was planned for Waterford, in the south of the country, hoping that the news would leak to the authorities. The Panther duly sailed south, and the way was left clear for the operation at Howth to proceed.[2]
She was sold in 1920.
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