HMS Cynthia (1898)
HMS Cynthia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Cynthia |
| Ordered | 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick |
| Yard number | 321 |
| Laid down | 25 September 1897 |
| Launched | 3 September 1898 |
| Commissioned | 8 March 1900 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking, 29 April 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Two funnel, 30-knot destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 210 ft (64 m) o/a |
| Beam | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Draught | 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) |
| Installed power | 5,700 shp (4,300 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 65 officers and men |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War I 1914 - 1918 |
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HMS Cynthia was a two funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the third ship to carry this name. She was launched in 1898, served in home waters and the Mediterranean before World War I, and as a tender to the gunnery school at Sheerness during the war. She was sold for breaking in 1920.