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HMS ''Leopard'' was a Vickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1635 for a 34-gun ship, captured by the Dutch in 1653.〔Jane 1898, pp. 84–85.〕 ==Construction== ''Leopard'' was laid down as Yard Number 254 on 10 June 1896 at the Barrow Shipbuilding Company shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness and launched on 20 March 1897.〔Lyon 2001, p. 70.〕 ''Leopard'' was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Four Thornycroft boilers fed steam at to two four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at and driving two propeller shafts. Three funnels were fitted.〔〔Friedman 2009, p. 53.〕 Displacement was light and full load, slightly lighter than the three earlier Thirty-knotter destroyers ordered from Barrow as part of the 1895–96 programme (, and ). ''Leopard'' was contractually required to maintain a speed of for a continuous run of three hours and over six consecutive measured miles during sea trials.〔Lyon 2001, p. 23.〕 Armament was specified as a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt ( calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), backed up by five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.〔Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.〕〔Friedman 2009, p. 40.〕 The ship's crew was 63 officers and men.〔Manning 1961, p. 40.〕 During her builder's trials she made her contracted speed requirement. In 1897 during the construction of these ships, the Barrow Shipbuilding Company was purchased by Vickers, Sons and Maxim and renamed as the Naval Construction and Armaments Shipyard. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in July 1899.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Leopard (1897)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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