Swordfish class destroyer

Swordfish class destroyer

Two "Swordfish" class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. "Swordfish" and "Spitfire" were both built by Armstrong Whitworth at Elswick, Tyne and Wear launching in 1895. Fitted with Yarrow boilers, they could make 27 knots and were armed with one twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes.

References

*The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Published by Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0 906223 12 x.
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