HMS Quail (1895)
 HMS Quail at Halifax, Nova Scotia with the North America and West Indies Squadron
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Quail |
| Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 606 |
| Laid down | 28 May 1895 |
| Launched | 24 September 1895 |
| Completed | June 1897 |
| Fate | Sold for disposal, 23 July 1919 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Quail-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 1,615 nmi (2,991 km; 1,859 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 63[3] |
| Armament |
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HMS Quail was a
Quail-class destroyers
.
Design and construction
HMS Quail was one of four 30-knot destroyers ordered from Laird's as part of the 1894–1895 Royal Navy shipbuilding programme.QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.[9][10]
Quail was laid down as Yard No 606 on 28 May 1895, and was launched on 24 September 1895.[2] She reached a speed of 30.385 knots (34.966 mph; 56.273 km/h) over a measured mile and an average speed of 30.039 knots (55.632 km/h; 34.568 mph) over three hours during trials on 11 December 1896.[11] Quail commissioned in June 1897.[2][a]
Service
Newly commissioned, Quail took part in the
naval review off Spithead on 26 June 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.[4] In service, Quail proved to be a strongly-built ship, and a good seaboat, although, like other Laird-built 30-knot destroyers, manoeuvrability was poor, with a wide turning circle.[13][8][14]
Quail was sent to the
Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03.[18] Quail returned to home waters in 1903, joining the Mediterranean Fleet in October 1904, and returning to the United Kingdom in 1906.[15]
On 7 August 1907,
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. As a four-funneled 30-knotter destroyer, Quail was assigned to the B Class.[24][25]
On 19 April 1913, Quail collided with the Hull-based trawler Johannesburg on the
River Humber, damaging the destroyer's bow.[26]
HMS Quail formed part of the
First World War, continuing operations until the end of the war.[27][28][29] She was sold for breaking up on 23 July 1919.[4][24]
Notes
- ^ Although Quail was the first thirty-knot destroyer for the Royal Navy to be laid down and launched, she was beaten into service by the Thornycroft-built HMS Desperate.[12]
- ^ Gardiner and Gray[19] state the collision occurred on 6 August.
Citations
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 291.
- ^ a b c Lyon 2001, p. 61.
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 40.
- ^ a b c "HMS Quail". pbenyon.plus.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ a b Lyon 2001, pp. 61–62.
- ^ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 39.
- ^ a b Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 94.
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 40.
- ^ "Eight Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Built by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead. — Trials between 30th September and the 18th December 1896" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 83. 1 January 1897. p. 16..
- ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 302–303.
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 116.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 50.
- ^ a b Lyon 2001, p. 62.
- ^ "Spaniards and British: The Threats at Santiago de Cuba: British North American Squadron". The Evening News. Sydney. 10 May 1898. p. 6.
- ^ "The War: The Boer Prisoners". The Times. No. 36595. 25 October 1901. p. 3.
- ^ "Trouble in Venezuela: Blockade of the Coast: Release of Foreigners". The Singleton Argus. 13 December 1902. p. 5.
- ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 16.
- ^ a b "NMM, vessel ID 374020" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 38406. 8 August 1907. p. 6.
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 100.
- ^ "Bad day for trio of destroyers". Falmouth Packet. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ a b Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 18.
- ^ Manning 1961, pp. 17–18.
- ^ "Naval and Military Intelligence: Status of Commissioned Ships". The Times. No. 40191. 21 April 1913. p. 11.
- ^ Thompson, Doug (26 July 1999). "A "Best Guess" of Royal Navy Destroyers Assigned to Home Defence and Patrols in August, 1914". The World War I Document Archive: The War at Sea. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Maccormick, Bill (21 January 1999). "Royal Navy Destroyer Deployment, 1914-1918". The World War I Document Archive: The War at Sea. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Watson, Graham E (30 December 2000). "Royal Navy Destroyer Flotillas, November 1918". Retrieved 7 December 2013.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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 & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-364-8.
- Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
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