HMS Tiger (1900)
Tiger
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Name | HMS Tiger |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Launched | 19 May 1900 |
Commissioned | 21 August 1901 |
Fate | Sunk by collision with HMS Berwick, 2 April 1908 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 222 ft (67.7 m) o/a |
Beam | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 63 officers and men |
Armament |
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HMS Tiger was a
In 1908, she collided with the armoured cruiser HMS Berwick during a night exercise and sank.
Construction
On 31 March 1900, as part of the 1899–1900 construction programme for the
The ships were required to reach a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) during
Tiger was launched on 19 May 1900.[6] The ship was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in June 1901.[6]
Service
Tiger was commissioned at Devonport 21 August 1901, and assigned to the Portsmouth Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[7] She spent her entire operational career in Home Waters.[1] Tiger was paid off on 4 January 1902, when her crew was turned over to HMS Ostrich, which took her place in the Flotilla.[8]
On the night of 25 September 1907, Tiger ran aground on the breakwater of Portland Harbour tearing off a large length of the ship's keel and holing the ship.[9]
On 2 April 1908 Tiger took part in a
References
- ^ a b c d Lyon 2001, p. 68
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 67–68
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 22–23
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 44
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 303
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36540. London. 22 August 1901. p. 4.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36654. London. 2 January 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Portsmouth Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 30. 1 November 1907. p. 132.
- ^ Kemp 1999, p. 4
- ^ "Naval Disaster: Cutting Down of the Tiger: Crushed as an Eggshell". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 April 1908. p. 7.
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.
- 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, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Kemp, Paul (1999). The Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1567-6.
- Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.
- Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: 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.
External links
- http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/T/04692.html Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine