HMS Racehorse (1900)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Racehorse
Ordered	1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down	23 October 1899
Launched	8 November 1900
Commissioned	March 1902
Out of service	Paid off, 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 23 March 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Hawthorn Leslie three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	355 long tons (361 t) standard; 415 long tons (422 t) full load;
Installed power	6,300 shp (4,700 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	95 tons coal; 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	63 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-pounder 8 cwt 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
Awards:	Battle honour Belgian Coast 1915 – 16

HMS Racehorse was a three-funnel, 30-knot torpedo boat destroyer built by Hawthorn Leslie for the Royal Navy. Ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898–1899 Naval Estimates, she was the eighth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1757. She served in World War I and was sold for breaking in 1920.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Racehorse
Ordered	1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down	23 October 1899
Launched	8 November 1900
Commissioned	March 1902
Out of service	Paid off, 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 23 March 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Hawthorn Leslie three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	355 long tons (361 t) standard 415 long tons (422 t) full load
Installed power	6,300 shp (4,700 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 × shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	95 tons coal 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	63 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-pounder 8 cwt 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
Awards:	Battle honour Belgian Coast 1915 – 16