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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.〔Jane 1898, pp. 84–85.〕〔Moore 1990, p. 76.〕 ==Construction== On 23 December 1895, the Admiralty ordered two destroyers, ''Star'' and from Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company for the Royal Navy as part of the 1895–1896 shipbuilding programme, with four more destroyers ordered from Palmers on 9 January 1896.〔Lyon 2001, p. 78.〕 ''Star''s hull was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Four Reed boilers fed steam at to triple expansion steam engines rated at and driving two propeller shafts. Displacement was light and deep load.〔 Three funnels were fitted,〔 and 91 t of coal carried.〔 ''Star'' 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.〕 ''Star'' was laid down on 23 March 1896 at the Palmer's Jarrow-on-Tyne shipyard as Yard Number 710 and launched on 11 August 1896.〔〔Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 94.〕 During her builder’s trials she made her contracted speed requirement,〔〔Moore 1990, p. 76.〕 reaching .〔Brassey 1902, p. 275.〕 She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in September 1898.〔〔Friedman 2009, p. 303.〕 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 Star (1896)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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