“B” CLASS.
(Completed 1895-1900.)
ALBACORE.
ARAB.
BONETTA.
EARNEST.
EXPRESS.
GRIFFON.
KANGAROO.
LIVELY.
LOCUST.
MYRMIDON.
ORWELL.
PANTHER.
PETEREL.
QUAIL.
SEAL.
SPITEFUL.
SPRIGHTLY.
SUCCESS.
SYREN.
THRASHER.
WOLF.
An early class of destroyer, with a speed of 30 knots. Armament: one 12 pounder, five 6 pounder guns, two torpedo tubes. Complement: about 60 officers and men.
“A” CLASS.
(1894-5.)
CONFLICT.
FERVENT.
LIGHTNING.
OPOSSUM.
PORCUPINE.
RANGER.
SUNFISH.
SURLY.
ZEPHYR.
These are our oldest destroyers, having been launched nearly twenty years ago. The speed is 27 knots. Armament: one 12-pounder, five smaller guns, two torpedo tubes. Complement, 50 officers and men.
H.M.S. Indomitable. Photo: Symonds & Co.
INDOMITABLE CLASS.
INDOMITABLE, INFLEXIBLE, INVINCIBLE.