Английская Википедия:HMS Virago (1895)

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HMS Virago was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, in 1897. One of four Quail-class destroyers she served during the Great War and was sold off after hostilities ended.[1]

Construction and design

HMS Virago was laid down as Yard number 609 at Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead on 13 June 1895, the fourth "Thirty-Knotter" destroyer ordered from Lairds for the Royal Navy as part of the 1894–95 shipbuilding programme.[2] The ship was launched on 19 November 1895,[2] undergoing sea trials on 27 November 1896, where she reached a speed of Шаблон:Convert over the measured mile and an average speed of Шаблон:Convert over a three-hour run.[3] Virago was completed in June 1897.[2]

Armament was a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (Шаблон:Convert calibre), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.[4][5] As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the detailed design was left to the builder, with the Admiralty laying down only broad requirements.[6][7]

Laird's four ships were each powered by two four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, fed by four Normand boilers, rated at Шаблон:Convert, and were fitted with four funnels. They had an overall length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. Displacement was Шаблон:Convert light and Шаблон:Convert full load,[8][9] while crew was 63.[10]

Service history

On 26 June 1897, the newly completed Virago took part in the naval review at Spithead to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.[11] The Laird-built torpedo boat destroyers were considered well suited to overseas deployment, being good sea boats and having adequate stability for making long oceanic journeys to their stations,[12] and so Virago was posted, along with sister ship Шаблон:HMS to the Pacific Station, based at Esquimalt in British Columbia, Canada.[13] In 1903, Virago was transferred to the China Station.[14]

On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. As a four-funneled 30-knotter destroyer, Virago was assigned to the B class.[15][16]

Virago was still listed as part of the China Squadron in December 1913,[17] but in January 1914, she was listed for sale at Hong Kong.[18] The outbreak of the First World War ended these plans, however, and Virago was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 15 August 1914.[19] Virago was paid off in preparation for sale on 10 May 1919,[19] and was sold for scrap on 10 October that year.[14]

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  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Harvnb
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine.
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  14. ↑ 14,0 14,1 Шаблон:Harvnb
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  17. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
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  19. ↑ 19,0 19,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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