HMS Mermaid (1898)

The visually identical Greyhound underway in 1906
History
United Kingdom
Name	Mermaid
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Cost	£54,509[1]
Yard number	343[1]
Laid down	7 September 1896
Launched	22 February 1898[Note 1]
Commissioned	June 1899
Out of service	1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 23 July 1919
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Hawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	355 long tons (361 t) light 400 long tons (406 t) full load
Length	215 ft (66 m) o/a
Beam	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Draught	8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Installed power	6,100 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	95 tons coal 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes

HMS Mermaid was a Hawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was launched in 1898, served during World War I and was sold for breaking in 1919.

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