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HMS Virago (1895)
HMS Virago firing in honour of the King (HS85-10-11979)
HMS Virago firing in honour of the King, 1901
Career Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom
Name: HMS Virago
Builder: Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Launched: 19 November 1895
Fate: Sold for disposal, 10 October 1919
General characteristics
Class & type: Quail-class destroyer
Displacement: 395 long tons (401 t)
Length: 215 ft (66 m)
Propulsion: 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 Virago was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1895. One of four Quail-class destroyers she served during the Great War and was sold off after hostilities ended.[1]

References[]

  1. "HMS Virago". pbenyon.plus.com. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05086.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 



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