HMS Crane (1896)

	HMS Crane
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Crane
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers, Jarrow
Laid down	2 August 1896
Launched	17 December 1896
Commissioned	April 1898
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Honours &; awards	Belgian Coast 1914 - 1917
Fate	Sold for breaking, 10 June 1919
General characteristics
Class & type	Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	390 long tons (396 t) standard; 420 long tons (427 t) full load;
Length	219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph);
Complement	60 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 Crane was a Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895–1896 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1590 for a 24-gun schooner in service until 1629.

History
HMS Crane
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Crane
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers, Jarrow
Laid down	2 August 1896
Launched	17 December 1896
Commissioned	April 1898
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Honours & awards	Belgian Coast 1914 - 1917
Fate	Sold for breaking, 10 June 1919
General characteristics
Class & type	Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	390 long tons (396 t) standard 420 long tons (427 t) full load
Length	219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	60 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