HMS Violet (1897)

	HMS Violet scale model located at Olde World Canterbury Village in Lake Orion, MI
History
United Kingdom
Name	Violet
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	William Doxford and Sons Pallion, Sunderland
Laid down	13 July 1896
Launched	3 May 1897
Commissioned	June 1898
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 7 June 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Doxford three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) standard; 400 long tons (406 t) full load;
Length	214 ft (65 m) o/a
Beam	21 ft (6.4 m)
Draught	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
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; 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 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

HMS Violet was a Doxford three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the seventh ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1588 for a 200-ton vessel.