HMS Cynthia (1898)

	HMS Cynthia
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cynthia
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Yard number	321
Laid down	25 September 1897
Launched	3 September 1898
Commissioned	8 March 1900
Fate	Sold for breaking, 29 April 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Two funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	270 long tons (274 t) standard; 352 long tons (358 t) full load;
Length	210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Draught	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Installed power	5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	65 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Cynthia was a two funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the third ship to carry this name. She was launched in 1898, served in home waters and the Mediterranean before World War I, and as a tender to the gunnery school at Sheerness during the war. She was sold for breaking in 1920.

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