HMS Dove (1898)

	HMS Dove
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dove
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	Earl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down	17 September 1896
Launched	21 March 1898
Commissioned	July 1901
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 27 January 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	345 long tons (351 t) standard; 390 long tons (396 t) full load;
Length	214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draught	7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
Installed power	5,900 ihp (4,400 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	29 kn (54 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 gun; 5 × 6-pounder guns; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Dove was a three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry the name.

History
HMS Dove
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dove
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	Earl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down	17 September 1896
Launched	21 March 1898
Commissioned	July 1901
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 27 January 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	345 long tons (351 t) standard 390 long tons (396 t) full load
Length	214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draught	7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
Installed power	5,900 ihp (4,400 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	29 kn (54 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 gun 5 × 6-pounder guns 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918