HMS Sunfish (1895)
Sunfish
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Sunfish |
Ordered | 7 February 1894 |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
Laid down | 17 September 1894 |
Launched | 28 May 1895 |
Commissioned | 1896 |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 7 June 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hawthorn Leslie "Twenty-seven knotter" |
Displacement | |
Length | 204 ft 0 in (62.18 m) oa |
Beam | 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
Installed power | 4,000 ihp (3,000 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) (contract speed) |
Range | 1,175 nmi (2,176 km; 1,352 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 53 |
Armament |
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HMS Sunfish was a "twenty-seven knotter"
Design and construction
HMS Sunfish, along with sister ships
Sunfish was 204 feet 0 inches (62.18 m) long
On 17 September 1895 Sunfish was laid down as Yard Number 325 at Hawthorn Leslie's
Service
Sunfish was commissioned at
Sunfish formed part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla at Devonport in 1910, and remained a part of that flotilla in 1912.[15] On 5 June 1911 Sunfish hit the bow of the destroyer Havock when clearing her moorings at Waterford Harbour, and then when trying to get clear of Havock, collided with the Torpedo boat Torpedo Boat 045. Sunfish was slightly damaged and returned to Devonport for repair.[23] On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. After 30 September 1913, as a 27-knotter, Sunfish was assigned to the A class.[24][25][26]
By February 1913, Sunfish was not part of an active flotilla, but was attached as a tender to the shore establishment
By January 1915, Sunfish was allocated to the Devonport Local Defence Flotilla.[29] On 23 July 1917, Sunfish, still part of the Devonport Local Defence Flotilla, was involved in operations to hunt a submarine that had been spotted in Lyme Bay. Despite the submarine being spotted on the surface by a Motor Launch, the hunt was unsuccessful, with the submarine escaping.[30] Sunfish remained at Devonport until the end of the war.[31]
Sunfish was sold for scrap on 7 June 1920.[26]
Pennant numbers
Pennant number[26][32] | From | To |
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D47 | 6 Dec 1914 | 1 Sep 1915 |
D2A | 1 Sep 1915 | 1 January 1918 |
D81 | 1 January 1918 | - |
References
Notes
- ^ A turtleback is an arched structure over the deck of a ship, normally at the ship's bow, to protect against reach seas.[3]
- ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Citations
- ^ a b c d Lyon 2001, p. 92.
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 19–20.
- ^ "turtleback". The American Heritage Dictionary.
- ^ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 39.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 44.
- ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 291.
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 38.
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 302.
- ^ a b Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 63.
- ^ Brassey 1897, p. 321.
- ^ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 34817. 19 February 1896. p. 10.
- ^ Brassey 1897, pp. 141–143, 149.
- ^ a b "NMM, vessel ID 376819" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iv. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ H. O. Arnold-Forster, Secretary to the Admiralty (3 March 1902). "H.M.S. "Sunfish."". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. col. 169.
- ^ "Navy—Defects in Water-tube Boilers". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 12 May 1902. col. 1332.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36813. London. 7 July 1900. p. 6.
- ^ "Naval appointments". The Times. No. 36842. London. 9 August 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36865. London. 5 September 1902. p. 4.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36898. London. 14 October 1902. p. 7.
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 116.
- ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Devonport Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 34. August 1911. p. 14.
- ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 18.
- ^ Manning 1961, pp. 17–18.
- ^ a b c Dittmar and Colledge 1972, p. 56.
- ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Torpedo Craft and Submarine Flotillas at Home Ports". The Navy List: 270b. March 1913. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Torpedo Craft and Submarine Flotillas at Home Ports". The Navy List: 270c. August 1914. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Supplement to the Monthly Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c: Local Defence Flotillas". The Navy List: 13. January 1915. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ Newbolt, Henry (2013) [Originally published by Longmans, Green, London, 1931]. "History of the Great War - Naval Operations, Volume 5, April 1917 to November 1918 (Part 1 of 4)". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Supplement to the Monthly Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c: Local Defence Flotillas". The Navy List: 17. December 1918. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ Arrowsmith, John (27 January 1997). ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". The World War I Primary Documents Archive. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
Bibliography
- Brassey, T.A. (1897). The Naval Annual 1897. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co.
- 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.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
- 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 (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Lyon, David (2001). The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.
- Manning, T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam and Co. OCLC 6470051.