HMS Brazen (1896)
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Name | Brazen |
Ordered | 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates |
Builder | J & G Thompson, Clydebank |
Laid down | 18 October 1895 |
Launched | 3 July 1896 |
Commissioned | July 1900 |
Out of service | Laid up in reserve 1919 |
Fate | 4 November 1919 to J.H. Lee for breaking |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2] |
Displacement |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 63 officers and men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: | World War I 1914 - 1918 |
HMS Brazen was a Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895-1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1781 for a 14-gun cutter, sold in 1799.[3][4]
Construction and career[]
She was laid down as yard number 289 on 18 October 1895 at J & G Thompson shipyard in Clydebank and launched on 3 July 1896. During her builder's trials, she had problems attaining her contract speed. Her hull was lengthened by 4 feet (1.2 m), then she made her contract speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). In 1899 during the construction of these ships, steelmaker John Brown and Company of Sheffield bought J&G Thomson's Clydebank yard for £923,255 3s 3d. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in July 1900.[3][4] After commissioning she was assigned to the Chatham Division of the . She was deployed in Home waters for her entire service life. In June 1902 she took the place of HMS Zephyr in the Portsmouth instructional flotilla.[5]
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. Since her design speed was 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and she had three funnels, she was assigned to the C class. 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.[6]
World War I[]
In 1914 she was in active commission at the Nore based at Shearness tendered to HMS Actaeon, a Royal Navy training establishment. With the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 she was assigned to the Nore Local Flotilla. Her duties included anti-submarine and counter-mining patrols in the Thames Estuary.
In 1919 she was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was sold on 4 November 1919 to J.H. Lee for breaking.[7]
Pennant Numbers[]
Pennant Number[7] | From | To |
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N11 | 6 Dec 1914 | 1 Sep 1915 |
D47 | 1 Sep 1915 | 1 Jan 1918 |
D14 | 1 Jan 1918 | 4 Nov 1919 |
References[]
NOTE: All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane's Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified
- ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane's Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
- ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919, reprinted]. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
- ^ a b Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. pp. 84 to 85.
- ^ a b Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919, reprinted]. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36788. London. 7 June 1902. p. 9.
- ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922. Conway Maritime Press. 2006 [1985, reprinted 1986, 1997, 2002, 2006]. pp. 17 to 19. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- ^ a b ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". Retrieved 1 June 2013.
Bibliography[]
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.
- Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
External links[]
- Ships built on the River Clyde
- 1896 ships
- C-class destroyers (1913)
- World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom