HMS Leopard (1897)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Leopard.
HMS Leopard was a Vickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1635 for a 34-gun ship, captured by the Dutch in 1653.[2]
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Name | HMS Leopard |
Ordered | 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates |
Builder | Barrow Shipbuilding Company and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 10 June 1896 |
Launched | 20 March 1897 |
Commissioned | July 1899 |
Out of service | Laid up in reserve 1919 |
Fate | 10 June 1919 sold to J. Jackson for breaking |
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Class and type | Vickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer[1] |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
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Complement | 63 officers and men |
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Operations: | World War I 1914 - 1918 |
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