HMS Skate (1895)




For other ships with the same name, see HMS Skate.






































































History

United Kingdom
Name:
HMS Skate
Builder:
Vickers
Launched:
13 March 1895
Out of service:
Sold on 9 April 1907
Fate:
Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:
Sturgeon-class destroyer
Displacement:
340 tons
Length:
194 feet 6 inches (59.28 m)
Beam:
19 feet (5.79 m)
Draught:
7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m)
Propulsion:

  • Blechynden boilers

  • 4,000 hp (2,983 kW)
Speed:
27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range:

  • 1,370 nautical miles (2,540 km; 1,580 mi)

  • at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement:
53
Armament:

  • 1 × 12 pounder gun

  • 2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Skate was a Sturgeon-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Built by Vickers, she was launched on 13 March 1895 and sold on 9 April 1907.



Construction and design


On 8 November 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order with the Naval Construction and Armament Company of Barrow-in-Furness (later to become part of Vickers) for three "Twenty-Seven Knotter" destroyers as part of the 1893–1894 construction programme for the Royal Navy,[1] with in total, 36 destroyers being ordered from various shipbuilders for this programme.[2]


The Admiralty only laid down a series of broad requirements for the destroyers, leaving detailed design to the ships' builders. The requirements included a trial speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h), a "turtleback" forecastle and a standard armament of a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.[3][4][5]


The Naval Construction and Armament Company produced a design with a length of 194 feet 6 inches (59.28 m) overall and 190 feet (57.91 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 19 feet (5.79 m) and a draught of 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m). Displacement was 300 long tons light and 340 long tons deep load.[1] Three funnels were fitted, with the foremast between the ship's bridge and the first funnel.[6][7] Four Blechyndnen water-tube boilers fed steam at 200 pounds per square inch (1,400 kPa) to two three-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 4,000 indicated horsepower (3,000 kW).[1][8] 60 tons of coal were carried,[9] giving a range of 1,370 nautical miles (2,540 km; 1,580 mi) at a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph).[10] The ship's crew was 53 officers and men.[10]


Skate was laid down on 20 March 1894 as Yard number 235, was launched on 13 March 1895 and completed in January 1896.[1]



Service history


In 1897 Skate was in reserve at Devonport.[11] In 1900 she was commissioned to serve at the Mediterranean station, and was ordered to return home in early 1902.[1][12] She left Gibraltar on 9 May,[13] convoyed by the cruiser Astraea, and arrived in Plymouth on 14 May.[14] She paid off at Devonport on 20 May, and was placed in the A Division of the Fleet Reserve.[15] Lieutenant James Uchtred Farie was appointed in command on 1 August 1902,[16] as she took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.[17] Lieutenant R. M. Haynes succeeded him in command later the same month, on 28 August,[18] when she was attached to the Devonport instructional flotilla.[19]


In 1906 Skate was used as a target in firing trials of the effectiveness of various guns against destroyers. 3-pounder (47 mm) guns proved ineffective, having difficulty penetrating the ship's plating in end-on engagements, and while 12-pounder (3-in (76 mm)) guns caused more damage, it was concluded that a single hit could not be guaranteed to disable a destroyer. 4-inch (102 mm) guns proved much more effective, particularly when Lyddite-filled shells were used, and this led to a change in destroyer armament to 4-inch guns.[20][21] Sold in 1907 to Cox & Co. of Falmouth, Cornwall for £305,[22] she was the first destroyer of this type to go to the breakers.



References


Notes




  1. ^ abcde Lyon 2001, p. 69


  2. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 19


  3. ^ Lyon 2001, p. 20


  4. ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99


  5. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 40


  6. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 50


  7. ^ Manning 1961, p. 38


  8. ^ The Engineer 11 October 1895, p. 365


  9. ^ Brassey 1902, p. 274


  10. ^ ab Friedman 2009, p. 291


  11. ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Devonport Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. 1 October 1897. p. 264..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  12. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36696). London. 20 February 1902. p. 10.


  13. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36764). London. 10 May 1902. p. 8.


  14. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36769). London. 16 May 1902. p. 11.


  15. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36771). London. 19 May 1902. p. 8.


  16. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36839). London. 6 August 1902. p. 8.


  17. ^ "The Coronation - Naval Review". The Times (36845). London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.


  18. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36854). London. 23 August 1902. p. 8.


  19. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36883). London. 26 September 1902. p. 8.


  20. ^ Brown 2003, pp. 178, 187.


  21. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 108.


  22. ^ Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers May 1907, p. 562.



References



  • Brassey, T.A. (1902). The Naval Annual 1902. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co.


  • Brown, D. K. (2003). Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860–1905. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-5292.


  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.


  • Layman, R. D. (1994). "Naval Kite Trials". In Roberts, John. Warship 1994. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 35–51. ISBN 0-85177-630-2.


  • Lyon, David (2001). The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.


  • Manning, Captain T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co.


  • Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.


  • "Speed Trials of the Torpedo Boat Destroyer Starfish" (PDF). The Engineer. 80: 365. 11 October 1895.


  • "Ships: England: Sale of Obsolete War Vessels". Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers. XIX (2): 562. May 1907.









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