NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Destructor			Thompson, Clydebank, UK	1885	29.7.1886	1/1887	discarded 1.1908

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	348
Displacement full, t
Length, m	58.7
Breadth, m	7.62
Draught, m	2.13 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	3784
Max speed, kts	23
Fuel, t	coal 93
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armour, mm	steel; belt: 19, CT: 19
Armament	1 x 1 - 87/27 Armstrong M1883, 4 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 3 - 356 TT (2 bow, 1 aft), 1 x 2 - 356 TT
Complement	45

Standard scale images

Project history

Destructor had two raked funnels abreast, three hinged masts and light 19mm splinter plating abreast the machinery and on the CT. She was one of the very first ships to have TE machinery. Service speed was nearer 20kts.

Ship protection

19mm belt protected machinery.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.