The Banshee class was a class of three torpedo boat destroyers that served with the Royal Navy into the early part of the Twentieth century.

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Banshee
Class overview
Name	Banshee class
Builders	Cammell Laird
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Salmon class
Succeeded by	Fervent class
Built	1894
In commission	1894 to 1912
Completed	3
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	290 long tons (295 t)
Length	210 ft (64 m)
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught	7 ft (2.1 m)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	53
Armament	1 × 12 pounder gun 2 × torpedo tubes

They were all built by Laird at Birkenhead. Displacing 290 tons, they carried one 12-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. With 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) they made a speed of 27 knots (50 km/h).

Banshee had a length of 210 ft (64 m), beam 19 ft (5.8 m) and draught of 7 ft (2.1 m) They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.

Along with the near-identical Ferret-class torpedo boat destroyers they were all disposed of in 1911/1912.

Ships

• HMS Banshee, launched November 1894.
• HMS Contest, launched December 1894.
• HMS Dragon, launched December 1894.

Bibliography

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