HMS Electra (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Electra
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	J & G Thompson, Clydebank
Laid down	18 October 1895
Launched	14 July 1896
Commissioned	July 1900
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	29 April 1920 sold to Barking Ship Breaking Company for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	380 long tons (386 t) standard; 425 long tons (432 t) full load; 214 ft (65 m) o/a; 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam; 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph);
Complement	63 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 naval gun 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 Electra was a Clydebank-built, three-funnelled, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895–1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fourth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1806 for a 16-gun brig-sloop.

In 1913 she was grouped along with similar vessels as a C-class destroyer.

History

United Kingdom
Name	Electra
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	J & G Thompson, Clydebank
Laid down	18 October 1895
Launched	14 July 1896
Commissioned	July 1900
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	29 April 1920 sold to Barking Ship Breaking Company for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	380 long tons (386 t) standard 425 long tons (432 t) full load 214 ft (65 m) o/a 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Draught
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	63 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 naval gun 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