HMS Thrasher (1895)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Thrasher |
| Builder | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 608 |
| Laid down | 30 May 1895 |
| Launched | 5 November 1895 |
| Commissioned | June 1897 |
| Fate | Sold for disposal, 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Quail-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 218 ft (66 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 63 |
| Armament |
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HMS Thrasher was a "thirty-knotter" torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1897. One of four Quail-class destroyers (later classed as part of the B-class), she served in the First World War, sinking the German submarine UC-39 in 1917, and was sold off after hostilities ended.