HMS Lee (1899)
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| Name: | HMS Lee |
| Ordered: | 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates |
| Builder: | William Doxford and Sons Pallion, Sunderland |
| Laid down: | 4 January 1898 |
| Launched: | 27 January 1899 |
| Commissioned: | March 1901 |
| Fate: | 5 October 1909 wrecked off Blacksod Bay on the west coast of Ireland |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer[1][2] |
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| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 63 officers and men |
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HMS Lee was a Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name since it introduction in 1776 for a 6-gun sloop for service on the Great Lakes.[3][4]
Construction
She was laid down on 4 January 1898 at the William Doxford and Sons shipyard at Pallion, Sunderland and launched on 27 January 1899. During her acceptance trials she took a very long time to attain the contract speed of 30 knots and was not accepted into the Royal Navy until March 1901.[3][4]
Pre-War
After commissioning she was deployed to the Channel Fleet and based at Shearness as part of the Medway Instructional Flotilla. In December 1901 she was replaced in the flotilla by Mermaid, her crew was transferred to the latter ship,[5] and she paid off into the Fleet Reserve.[6]
Loss
On 5 October 1909 she was wrecked off Blacksod Bay on the west coast of Ireland.[7]
She was not awarded a Battle Honour for her service.
Pennant Numbers
During her career she was not assigned a pennant (pendant) number.[7]
References
NOTE: All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane's Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified
- ↑ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
- ↑ Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - 1 2 Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane’s All The Worlds Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.
- 1 2 Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36639). London. 16 December 1901. p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36641). London. 18 December 1901. p. 6.
- 1 2 ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.
- Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.