Violet-class destroyer
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name= | Builders= William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland | Operators={{Navy|United Kingdom}} | Class before= | Class after= | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1896{{ndash}}1899 | In service range= | In commission range=1898{{ndash}}1920 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=2 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired= | Total ships scrapped=2 | Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Violet|destroyer}} |Ship displacement={{convert|350|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{convert|214|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|21|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|9|ft|7|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
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The Violet class destroyer was a class of two destroyers that served in the British Royal Navy.{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/violet_class.htm|title=Violet-class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2 April 2009}}
{{HMS|Violet|1897|2}} and {{HMS|Sylvia|1897|2}} were built by William Doxford & Sons in Sunderland.{{cite web |url= http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/381328x53053/259869/a0.htm |title=HMS Violet |work=navalhistory.flixco.info |year=2012 |accessdate=12 July 2012}} They were fitted with Thornycroft boilers which generated 6,300 HP and produced the {{convert|30|kn|km/h}} demanded of these three funnelled C-class destroyers. They were armed with the standard 12-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes, and carried a complement of 63 officers and men.
Both ships served through the Great War and were broken up shortly afterwards.
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