HMS Ferret (1893)

	HMS Ferret
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ferret
Builder	Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down	July 1893
Launched	9 December 1893
Completed	March 1895
Fate	Sunk as target, 1911
General characteristics
Class & type	Ferret-class destroyer
Displacement	280 long tons (284 t)
Length	199 ft (60.7 m)
Beam	19.25 ft (5.9 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Vertical triple-expansion steam engines; Coal-fired Normand boilers; 4,475 hp (3,337 kW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	42 (later 53)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Ferret was a Ferret-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy from 1893 and was sunk in 1911.

History
HMS Ferret
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ferret
Builder	Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down	July 1893
Launched	9 December 1893
Completed	March 1895
Fate	Sunk as target, 1911
General characteristics
Class & type	Ferret-class destroyer
Displacement	280 long tons (284 t)
Length	199 ft (60.7 m)
Beam	19.25 ft (5.9 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 4,475 hp (3,337 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	42 (later 53)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes