Violet-class destroyer explained

The Violet class destroyer was a class of two destroyers that served in the British Royal Navy.[1]

and were built by William Doxford & Sons in Sunderland.[2] They were fitted with Thornycroft boilers which generated 6,300 HP and produced the 30kn 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Violet-class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk. 2 April 2009.
  2. Web site: HMS Violet . navalhistory.flixco.info . 2012 . 12 July 2012.

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