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Dragon

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Banshee		598	Laird, Birkenhead	3.1894	17.11.1894	7.1895	sold 4.1912
Contest		599	Laird, Birkenhead	3.1894	1.12.1894	7.1895	sold 7.1911
Dragon		600	Laird, Birkenhead	3.1894	15.12.1894	6.1895	sold 7.1912

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	290
Displacement full, t	345
Length, m	64.9 oa 63.4 pp
Breadth, m	5.87
Draught, m	2.93
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 3-cyl VTE, 4 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	4400
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	coal 72
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4)
Complement	58

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Project history

Before the Havock had completed it was decided to order another six destroyers from Thornycroft and Yarrow. Another nine were ordered from other builders making up, a few months later, the 1893/94 Programme. Apart from a slight increase in size the main difference was that the gun armament was increased by 2 57mm guns. The first six (the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats) had a bow tube fitted, but it was found to throw up clouds of spray in anything except a flat calm, had a bad effect on seakeeping and was soon removed. These vessels was four funneled, being slightly improved versions of the earlier Laird boats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.