HMS Wolf (1897)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Wolf |
| Ordered: | 9 January 1896 |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 12 November 1896 |
| Launched: | 2 June 1897 |
| Completed: | July 1898 |
| Decommissioned: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1921 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Earnest-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 395 long tons (401 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 21.5 ft (6.6 m) |
| Draught: | 9.75 ft (3.0 m) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
| Armament: | |
HMS Wolf was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1897.
Wolf was ordered on 9 January 1896 as the last of six 30-knotter destroyers programmed to be built by Lairds under the 1895–1896 programme. These followed on from four very similar destroyers ordered from Lairds as part of the 1894–1895 programme. Like the other Laird-built 30-knotters, Wolf was propelled by two triple expansion steam engines, fed by four Normand boilers, rated at 6,300 ihp (4,700 kW), and was fitted with four funnels. Armament was the standard for the 30-knotters, i.e. a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.
Wolf was laid down on 12 November 1896 and launched on 2 June 1897. On 9 March 1898, she carried out final trials, reaching an average speed of 31.2 kn (35.9 mph; 57.8 km/h) over the measured mile.Wolf commissioned in July 1898.
HMS Wolf served, under the command of Lieutenant and Commander B. Long, as part of the Devonport Destroyer Instructional Flotilla until she was paid off at Devonport on 2 September 1901, taking part in the 1901 Naval Manoeuvres.
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