Banshee-class destroyer
Appearance
3 Banshee class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. They were all built by Laird, displaced 290 tons and were armed with one twelve pounder and two torpodo tubes. They carried a complement of 35 officers and men. HMS Dragon (1894), HMS Banshee (1894) and HMS Contest (1894) were all disposed of shortly before the Great War.
Reference
The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Published by Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0 906223 12 x.