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HMS ''Locust'' was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, on 5 December 1896.〔''The Times (London)'', Monday, 7 December 1896, p.12〕 She served in the Mediterranean between 1902 and 1906, and was used for patrol and escort duties during the First World War ==Construction== ''Locust'' was ordered on 23 December 1896 as the third of six 30-knotter destroyers programmed to be built by Lairds under the 1895–1896 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy. These followed on from four very similar destroyers ordered from Lairds as part of the 1894–1895 programme. ''Locust'' was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was light and full load. Like the other Laird-built 30-knotters, ''Locust'' was propelled by two triple expansion steam engines, fed by four Normand boilers, rated at , and was fitted with four funnels.〔 Armament was the standard for the 30-knotters, i.e. a 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), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. The ship had a crew of 63 officers and men. ''Locust'' was laid down at Laird's Birkenhead shipyard as Yard number 623 on 20 April 1894 and was launched on 5 December 1896.〔 During sea trials on 21 January 1898, ''Locust'' reached an average speed of over six runs of a measured mile and on a three hour run. She was completed in July 1898.〔 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 Locust (1896)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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