HMS Express (1896)

	Laird plans for Express
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Express
Builder	Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down	1 December 1896
Launched	11 December 1897
Completed	February 1902
Fate	Scrapped, 1921
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	465 long tons (472 t)
Length	239.25 ft (72.9 m)
Beam	23.5 ft (7.2 m)
Draught	10.25 ft (3.1 m)
Propulsion	vertical triple-expansion steam engines; Coal-fired Normand boilers; 9,250 hp (6,898 kW);
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	74
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder (76 mm) gun; 5 × 6-pounder guns; 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Express was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896. Like many contemporary British destroyers, she was a "builder's special", designed to Admiralty specifications but built to the builder's own design.

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