HMS Vigilant (1900)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Vigilant
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank
Laid down	Speculative Build
Launched	16 August 1900
Acquired	1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates
Commissioned	June 1901
Out of service	In 1919 paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	10 February 1920 sold to South Alloa Ship Breaking Company for breaking at Charlestown near Rosyth on the Firth of Forth
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) standard; 395 long tons (401 t) full load; 218 ft (66 m) o/a; 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) Beam; 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,465 nautical miles (2,713 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph);
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-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;

HMS Vigilant was a Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer purchased by the Royal Navy under the 1899–1900 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1755 for an 8-gun schooner captured in 1756 by the French at Oswego.

History

United Kingdom
Name	Vigilant
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank
Laid down	Speculative Build
Launched	16 August 1900
Acquired	1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates
Commissioned	June 1901
Out of service	In 1919 paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	10 February 1920 sold to South Alloa Ship Breaking Company for breaking at Charlestown near Rosyth on the Firth of Forth
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) standard 395 long tons (401 t) full load 218 ft (66 m) o/a 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) Beam 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) Draught
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,465 nautical miles (2,713 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
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-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes