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The Sturgeon was one of the torpedo-boat destroyers
specially commissioned in January 1895, and was attached to the Channel
Squadron. Her commander at this time was Lieutenant-Commander PS St John.
The Sturgeon carried a complement of 50 men and was a 27 knot boat,
one of the first batch built in 1894. She displaced 251 tons, measured 190
ft in length by 19 ft in beam and had engines of 4,000 horse-power. Her
bunkers could take sixty tons of coal. For armament, to attack hostile
Torpedo Boats, she carried one 12 pounder and five 6 pounder quick-firing
guns and two torpedo tubes in case she was called on to act against a big
ship as a torpedo boat herself. |
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HMS Sturgeon in 1897
The Sturgeon was one of the torpedo-boat destroyers
specially commissioned in January 1895, and was attached to the Channel
Squadron. Her commander at this time was Lieutenant-Commander PS St John.
The men of the Sturgeon are shown off duty, in various service rigs, as
worn for all weathers, and represent all ratings - warrant and petty
officers, seamen and stokers. One of the searchlight projectors, which
forms so important a part of a "destroyers" equipment, is
partially seen on the left. The sturgeon carried six light quick-firing
guns, and had a maximum speed of 27 knots. |
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Bluejackets of the Torpedo Boat Destroyer Sturgeon
Four of the company of the torpedo boat destroyer HMS
Sturgeon attached to the Channel Squadron, shown in the rig worn on board
in 1896. They are seen on deck in the forward part of the vessel, before
the 12 pounder quick-firing gun, mounted above the conning tower as the
destroyer's bow chaser. The Sturgeon carried a complement of 50 men and
was a 27 knot boat, one of the first batch built in 1894. She displaced
251 tons, measured 190 ft in length by 19 ft in beam and had engines of
4,000 horse-power. Her bunkers could take sixty tons of coal. For
armament, to attack hostile Torpedo Boats, she carried one 12 pounder and
five 6 pounder quick-firing guns and two torpedo tubes in case she was
called on to act against a big ship as a torpedo boat herself.
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