HMS Tiger (1900)

	Tiger
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tiger
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Launched	19 May 1900
Commissioned	21 August 1901
Fate	Sunk by collision with HMS Berwick, 2 April 1908
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	380 long tons (386 t) light; 425 long tons (432 t) full load;
Length	222 ft (67.7 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	4 × Normand water-tube boilers; 6,400 ihp (4,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 Shafts; 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I gun; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Tiger was a torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. Built by John Brown on Clydebank as a three funnel 30-knot destroyer on speculation she was purchased by the Royal Navy under the 1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates.

In 1908, she collided with the armoured cruiser HMS Berwick during a night exercise and sank.

History
Tiger
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tiger
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Launched	19 May 1900
Commissioned	21 August 1901
Fate	Sunk by collision with HMS Berwick, 2 April 1908
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	380 long tons (386 t) light 425 long tons (432 t) full load
Length	222 ft (67.7 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	4 × Normand water-tube boilers 6,400 ihp (4,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 Shafts 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I gun 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes