HMS Star (1896)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Star |
| Ordered: | 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates |
| Builder: | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow-on-Tyne |
| Laid down: | 23 March 1896 |
| Launched: | 11 August 1897 |
| Commissioned: | September 1898 |
| Out of service: | Laid up in reserve 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking 10 June 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer |
| Displacement: | |
| Length: | 220 ft (67.06 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Installed power: | 6,200 ihp (4,600 kW) |
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| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 91 tons coal |
| Complement: | 58–63 |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War I 1914 - 1918 |
HMS Star was a Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the eleventh ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1643 for a 19-gun ship sold until 1652.
On 23 December 1895, the Admiralty ordered two destroyers, Star and Whiting from Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company for the Royal Navy as part of the 1895–1896 shipbuilding programme, with four more destroyers ordered from Palmers on 9 January 1896.
Star's hull was 220 feet (67.06 m) long overall and 215 feet (65.53 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 20 feet 9 inches (6.32 m) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m). Four Reed boilers fed steam at 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) to triple expansion steam engines rated at 6,200 indicated horsepower (4,600 kW) and driving two propeller shafts. Displacement was 390 long tons (400 t) light and 440 long tons (450 t) deep load. Three funnels were fitted, and 91 tons of coal carried.Star was contractually required to maintain a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) for a continuous run of three hours and over six consecutive measured miles (9.7 km) during sea trials.
Armament was specified as a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in-calibre or 76 mm) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), backed up by five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.
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