HMS Leopard (1897)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Leopard
Ordered1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
BuilderBarrow Shipbuilding Company and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down10 June 1896
Launched20 March 1897
CommissionedJuly 1899
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Fate10 June 1919 sold to J. Jackson for breaking
General characteristics
Class & typeVickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 350 long tons (356 t) standard
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
  • 214 ft 3 in (65.30 m) o/a
  • 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam
  • 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 70 tons coal
  • 1,440 nmi (2,670 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Leopard was a Vickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1635 for a 34-gun ship, captured by the Dutch in 1653.

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