For other ships of the same name, see HMS Virago.
HMS Virago (1895) | |
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![]() HMS Virago firing in honour of the King, 1901 | |
Career | |
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[]
- ↑ "HMS Virago". pbenyon.plus.com. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/U/05086.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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