The ''Salmon'' class were two
destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
s built by
Earle's
Earle's Shipbuilding was an engineering company that was based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1845 to 1932.
Earle Brothers
The company was started in Hull in 1845 by two brothers, Charles and William Earle. The firm was made u ...
to an
Admiralty specification for service with the
Royal Navy.
Under the 1893–1894 Naval Estimates, the
British Admiralty
The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of it ...
placed orders for 36
torpedo-boat destroyers, all to be capable of , the "27-knotters", as a follow-on to the six prototype "26-knotters" ordered in the previous 1892–1893 Estimates. As was typical for torpedo craft at the time, the Admiralty left detailed design to the builders, laying down only broad requirements.
[Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.][Manning 1961, p. 39.]
and were launched in 1895. They displaced 305 tons, were long and their Yarrow boilers produced which gave them the intended top speed of 27 knots. They were armed with one 12-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.
In May 1912 they were sold for breaking up.
In 1913 all surviving similar vessels built to the same requirement were reclassified as the torpedo boat destroyers.
See also
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A-class destroyer (1913)
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Destroyer classes
Ship classes of the Royal Navy