Banshee-class destroyer

HMS Banshee
Class overview
Builders	Cammell Laird
Operators	Royal Navy
Built	1894
In commission	1894 to 1912
Completed	3
Active	0
Lost	0
Scrapped	3
Preserved	0
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Length	210ft
Beam	19ft
Draft	7ft
Speed	27knts
Complement	53
Armament	One 12 pounder gun, two torpedo tubes

The Banshee class was a class of torpedo boat destroyers that served with the Royal Navy into the early part of the Twentieth century.

They were all built by Laird at Birkenhead. Displacing 290 tons, they carried one 12-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. With 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) they made a speed of 27 knots (50 km/h).

Banshee had a length of 210 ft (64 m), beam 19 ft (5.8 m) and draught of 7 ft (2.1 m) They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.

Along with the near-identical Ferret class torpedo boat destroyers they were all disposed of in 1911/1912.

Ships

• HMS Banshee, launched November 1894.
• HMS Contest, launched December 1894.
• HMS Dragon, launched December 1894.

See also

Media related to Banshee class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons

• List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

References

• Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. ISBN 1-84067-364-8.
• The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Published by Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0 906223 12 x.
• "battleships.cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 10 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)