HMS Star (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Star
Ordered	1895–1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow-on-Tyne
Laid down	23 March 1896
Launched	11 August 1897
Commissioned	September 1898
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking 10 June 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	390 long tons (400 t) light; 440 long tons (450 t) deep load;
Length	220 ft (67.06 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Installed power	6,200 ihp (4,600 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	91 tons coal
Complement	58–63
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 (450 mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Star was a Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the eleventh ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1643 for a 19-gun ship sold until 1652.

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