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Leopard

HMS Leopard

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
WarFirst World War
Main guns1 × 12-pounder gun

Old destroyer on patrol off Yarmouth during the raid.

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I gun
  • 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun guns
  • 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
BuilderBarrow Shipbuilding Company and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down10 June 1896
Launched20 March 1897
CommissionedJuly 1899
Displacement350 long tons (356 t) standard 400 long tons (406 t) full load 214 ft 3 in (65.30 m) o/a 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) Draught
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement63 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

20 March 1897

3–4 November 1914

Fate

Survived

10 June 1919 sold to J. Jackson for breaking