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'''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of 11 destroyers of the [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of eleven destroyers of the [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class]] &mdash; one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 19:24, 13 July 2013

H.M.S. Desperate (1896)
Pendant Number: P.50 (1914)
D.40 (Sep 1915)
D.26 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1894-95[3]
Laid down: 1 Jul, 1895[4]
Launched: 15 Feb, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1897[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Desperate was one of eleven destroyers of the "D" class — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 300c.

Bibliography


"D" Class Destroyer
Desperate Fame Foam Mallard Angler
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