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Greyhound
and Mermaid Class Thirty Knot Destroyers. The Greyhound
Class consisted of HMS greyhound and HMS Racehorse and HMS Roebuck and
the Mermaid Class consisted of HMS Mermaid and HMS Cheerful.
Although they were classes built two years apart, they were
basically the same design and also the same builder. Built by Hawthorne
Leslie. They weighed 355 to 385 tons, , 6,100 HP gave the required
thirty knots. armament was a one 12 pounder and Two torpedo tubes.
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Mermaid
Class Destroyer
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| HMS Mermaid |
22nd February 1898 |
Broken up in 1919. |
| HMS Cheerful |
14th July 1897 |
Mined in 1917. |
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Greyhound
Class Destroyer
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| HMS Greyhound |
6th October 1900 |
Broken up in 1919. |
| HMS Racehorse |
8th November 1900 |
Broken up in 1920. |
| HMS Roebuck |
4th January 1901 |
Broken up in 1919. |
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HMS Cheerful |
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HMS Greyhound |
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HMS Greyhound in Chatham Dockyard.Contributed by email. |
HMS Greyhound.
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Crew of HMS Greyhound, c.1910.
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HMS Racehorse |
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HMS Racehorse, 1902.
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HMS Racehorse
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HMS Roebuck |
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HMS Roebuck, 1918.
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