HMS Zephyr (1895)
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HMS Zephyr with four funnels, after reboilering and the addition of three funnels.
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| Name: | HMS Zephyr |
| Builder: | Hanna, Donald & Wilson, Paisley, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1894 |
| Launched: | 10 May 1895 |
| Completed: | July 1901 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1920 |
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| Class and type: | Fervent-class destroyer |
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| Beam: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) |
| Installed power: | 4,000 ihp (3.0 MW) |
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| Speed: | 26 knots (48 km/h) |
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HMS Zephyr was one of two Fervent-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 10 May 1895 from Hanna, Donald & Wilson at Paisley, Scotland. She served in home waters, and was sold in 1920.
HMS Zephyr was one of two "twenty-seven knotter" torpedo boat destroyers ordered from the Scottish shipyard Hanna, Donald & Wilson on 7 November 1893 as part of the Royal Navy's 1893–1894 construction programme. The Admiralty laid down broad requirements for the destroyers, including a speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) on sea trials, a "turtleback" forecastle and armament, which was to vary depending on whether the ship was to be used in the torpedo boat or gunboat role. As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single 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), together with a secondary gun armament of three 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. Detailed design was left to the builders (although all designs were approved by the Admiralty), resulting in each of the builders producing different designs rather the ships being built to a standard design.
Zephyr was 204 feet 6 inches (62.33 m) long overall and 200 feet 0 inches (60.96 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 19 feet 0 inches (5.79 m) and a draught of 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m).Displacement was 275 long tons (279 t) normal and 320 long tons (330 t) full load. As originally built, the ship was powered by two triple expansion steam engines rated at 4,000 indicated horsepower (3,000 kW), fed from two locomotive boilers, with the boilers' outtakes ducted together into a single funnel.
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