HMS Express (1896)
Laird plans for Express | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Express |
| Builder | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down | 1 December 1896 |
| Launched | 11 December 1897 |
| Completed | February 1902 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo boat destroyer |
| Displacement | 465 long tons (472 t) |
| Length | 239.25 ft (72.9 m) |
| Beam | 23.5 ft (7.2 m) |
| Draught | 10.25 ft (3.1 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Complement | 74 |
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HMS Express was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896. Like many contemporary British destroyers, she was a "builder's special", designed to Admiralty specifications but built to the builder's own design.