HMS Bullfinch (1898)

	HMS Bullfinch
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bullfinch
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	Earl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down	17 September 1896
Launched	10 February 1898
Commissioned	June 1901
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	10 June 1919 to Young of Sunderland for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	345 long tons (351 t) standard; 390 long tons (396 t) full load; 214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) o/a; 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) Beam; 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 6,000 shp (4,500 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph);
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 naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Bullfinch was a three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the third ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1857 for a 4-gun wooden-screw gunboat.

History
HMS Bullfinch
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bullfinch
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	Earl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down	17 September 1896
Launched	10 February 1898
Commissioned	June 1901
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	10 June 1919 to Young of Sunderland for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	345 long tons (351 t) standard 390 long tons (396 t) full load 214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) o/a 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) Beam 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) Draught
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
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 naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918