HMS Desperate (1896)

	Fame, sister-ship to Desperate
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Desperate
Ordered	10 May 1895
Builder	John I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost	£54,579
Yard number	305
Laid down	1 July 1895
Launched	15 February 1896
Commissioned	February 1897
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 20 May 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	272 long tons (276 t) standard; 352 long tons (358 t) full load;
Length	210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Installed power	5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	3 × water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	65 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 L/40 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 Desperate was a two funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1894 – 1895 Naval Estimates. She was launched in 1896, served in Home waters and the Mediterranean before World War I. She was based in Portsmouth during the war and was sold for breaking in 1920.

History
Fame, sister-ship to Desperate
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Desperate
Ordered	10 May 1895
Builder	John I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost	£54,579
Yard number	305
Laid down	1 July 1895
Launched	15 February 1896
Commissioned	February 1897
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 20 May 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	272 long tons (276 t) standard 352 long tons (358 t) full load
Length	210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Installed power	5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	3 × water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	65 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 L/40 gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918