HMS Lynx (1894)
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Lynx |
| Builder | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down | July 1893 |
| Launched | 9 December 1893 |
| Completed | March 1895 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ferret-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 199 long tons (202 t) |
| Length | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam | 19.25 ft (5.9 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Armament |
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HMS Lynx was a Ferret-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
Construction
In April 1892, the
Yarrows and Thornycroft.[2]
The
draught of 9 feet 0 inches (2.74 m).[5] Displacement was 280 long tons (280 t) normal and 350 long tons (360 t) deep load.[6] Four Normand Normand water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines rated at 4,475 indicated horsepower (3,337 kW).[5] Four funnels were fitted.[7]
As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single
18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube in the ship's bow and two more 18 inch tubes on a rotating mount. As a gunboat, the two swivelling torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders.[8][9]
Lynx was
sea trials in August 1894, successfully reaching the contract speed of 27 knots, but had problems steering when running astern,[10] and was not completed until August 1895.[5]
Service history
On 26 December 1894, Lynx ran aground off the coast of
Lynx served in the
Coronation Review for King Edward VII
in August.
In February 1908, inspection revealed that Lynx's deck plating and bulkheads were rusting through.[20] On 10 April 1912, she was sold for scrap to Ward's of Preston.[10]
Notes
References
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 17
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 55, 59
- ^ Gardiner & Lambert 1992, p. 188
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 20, 98
- ^ a b c d Lyon 2001, p. 59
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 290
- ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 91
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 98
- ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 39–40
- ^ a b Lyon 2001, p. 60
- ^ "H.M.S. Lynx". The Evening Journal. Adelaide. 27 December 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Brassey 1897, pp. 148–149
- ^ Brassey 1898, pp. facing page 12, 15
- ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: The Accident to the "Thrasher" and "Lynx"". The Marine Engineer. November 1897. p. 290.
- ^ "Warships Ashore: Accident on H.M.S. Thrasher: Four Men Killed". Kalgoorlie Miner. 1 October 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "The British Navy: The Thrasher and Lynx Accident: Result of the Court-Martial". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 18 October 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36054. London. 1 February 1900. p. 6.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36800. London. 21 June 1902. p. 12.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36767. London. 14 May 1902. p. 12.
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 115
Sources
- Brassey, T. A., ed. (1897). The Naval Annual 1897. Portsmouth, UK: J Griffin and Co.
- Brassey, T. A., ed. (1898). The Naval Annual 1898. Portsmouth, UK: J Griffin and Co.
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
- Gardiner, Robert; Lambert, Andrew, eds. (1992). Steam, Steel & Shellfire: The Steam Warship 1815–1905. Conway's History of the Ship. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-564-0.
- Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.
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