Violet-class destroyer

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| Builders= William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland

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| Built range=1896{{ndash}}1899

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|Ship displacement={{convert|350|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught={{convert|9|ft|7|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*Vertical triple-expansion steam engines

|Ship speed= {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}

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|Ship complement= 63

|Ship armament=*1 × QF 12-pounder gun

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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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Category:Destroyer classes

Category:Ship classes of the Royal Navy

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