HMS Sylvia (1897)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Sylvia
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	William Doxford and Sons Pallion, Sunderland
Laid down	13 July 1896
Launched	3 July 1897
Commissioned	January 1899
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	23 July 1919 to Thos W Ward of Sheffield for breaking at New Holland, Lincolnshire on the Humber Estuary
General characteristics
Class & type	Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) standard; 400 long tons (406 t) full load; 214 ft (65 m) o/a; 21 ft (6.4 m) Beam; 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 6,300 shp (4,700 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	95 tons coal; 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
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 Sylvia was a Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1806 for a cutter sold in 1816.

History

United Kingdom
Name	Sylvia
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	William Doxford and Sons Pallion, Sunderland
Laid down	13 July 1896
Launched	3 July 1897
Commissioned	January 1899
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	23 July 1919 to Thos W Ward of Sheffield for breaking at New Holland, Lincolnshire on the Humber Estuary
General characteristics
Class & type	Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) standard 400 long tons (406 t) full load 214 ft (65 m) o/a 21 ft (6.4 m) Beam 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) Draught
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 6,300 shp (4,700 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	95 tons coal 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
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