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along with the other 3-funnel, 30-knot destroyers. After 30 September 1913, she was known as a C-class destroyer and had the letter ‘C’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel. Between 1912 and 1914 she had a wireless radio set installed.
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Hawthorn Leslie. She was ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates, launched in 1898, and saw action during World War I. She was mined off the
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should be launched before, but completed after, her sister."
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were drowned in bad weather as they approached the pier.
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599:. No. 36063. London. 12 February 1900. p. 11.
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Commander
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629:. No. 36094. London. 20 March 1900. p. 7.
614:. No. 36083. London. 7 March 1900. p. 10.
398:. In April 1900, she was present at an accident at
830:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
421:In July 1914, she was in active commission in the
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751:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
684:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
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792:Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J. (1972).
777:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
371:After commissioning, she was assigned to the
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555:Jane, Fred T. (1969) .
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423:8th Destroyer Flotilla
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1110:Clydebank 30 knotters
870:The British Destroyer
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851:The First Destroyers
664:on 21 September 2004
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545:, p. 93
512:
508:
503:
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434:
428:
420:
412:
395:
391:
382:
370:
351:shipyard at
346:
343:Construction
324:
322:
321:
163:Displacement
129:Commissioned
124:14 July 1897
68:
38:
25:
21:HMS Cheerful
1489:Claes Uggla
1417:Clan Alpine
983:Flying Fish
482: /
316:1914 - 1918
314:World War I
310:Operations:
291:2 × single
208:6,100
105:Yard number
1669:1897 ships
1658:Categories
1571:Amphitrite
1385:Shipwrecks
668:13 January
523:References
449:Scapa Flow
264:Complement
217:Propulsion
1645:July 1917
1597:HMS
1586:USS
1577:Manchuria
1569:USS
1558:HMS
1530:HMS
1467:USS
1438:McCulloch
1436:USS
1397:Southland
1284:Albatross
1206:Racehorse
1199:Greyhound
1015:Bullfinch
895:164893555
627:The Times
612:The Times
597:The Times
427:HMS
404:West Pier
388:Mark Kerr
157:destroyer
132:June 1899
113:Laid down
39:Greyhound
1632:May 1917
1595:17 Jun:
1584:15 Jun:
1567:13 Jun:
1556:10 Jun:
1532:Cheerful
1528:30 Jun:
1506:27 Jun:
1499:Cestrian
1496:24 Jun:
1486:22 Jun:
1476:21 Jun:
1465:20 Jun:
1455:19 Jun:
1445:15 Jun:
1434:13 Jun:
1424:12 Jun:
1414:10 Jun:
1185:Cheerful
1167:Vigilant
445:Shetland
400:Brighton
396:Cheerful
325:Cheerful
272:Armament
234:2 shafts
121:Launched
69:Cheerful
1588:Olympia
1560:Grafton
1521:Ultonia
1404:7 Jun:
1393:4 Jun:
1330:D class
1324:B class
1266:Ostrich
1213:Roebuck
1192:Mermaid
1146:Kestrel
1139:Vulture
1132:Recruit
1125:Electra
1086:Leopard
1079:Bittern
997:Whiting
955:Chamois
878:6470051
513:Mermaid
509:Mermaid
470:01°07′W
467:60°02′N
439:in the
415:C class
392:Mermaid
383:Mermaid
373:Chatham
367:Service
361:Chatham
197:Draught
100:£54,509
83:Builder
75:Ordered
47:History
1599:Tartar
1515:Kléber
1458:Ariane
1259:Osprey
1238:Falcon
1118:Brazen
1054:Violet
1047:Sylvia
893:
876:
857:
838:
819:
800:
781:
757:
716:1 June
690:
578:
357:Medway
328:was a
178:Length
1479:AG-15
1469:Gypsy
1427:UC-66
1407:UC-29
1309:Viper
1302:Velox
1252:Leven
1245:Gipsy
1231:Fairy
1160:Tiger
1153:Thorn
1100:Vixen
1093:Otter
976:Flirt
962:Crane
495:Notes
457:UC-33
437:Fidra
293:tubes
249:Range
241:Speed
1628:1918
1620:1917
1612:1916
1509:Doxa
1395:HMT
1072:Avon
1022:Dove
990:Star
969:Fawn
891:OCLC
874:OCLC
855:ISBN
836:ISBN
817:ISBN
798:ISBN
779:ISBN
755:ISBN
718:2013
688:ISBN
670:2014
576:ISBN
429:Tyne
381:HMS
323:HMS
295:for
284:5 ×
277:1 ×
189:Beam
137:Fate
97:Cost
67:HMS
64:Name
1040:Lee
948:Bat
402:'s
210:ihp
183:o/a
108:343
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