Name HMS Sprightly Completed March 1902 Class and type Lively-class destroyer Construction started 20 June 1899 Length 67 m Builder Cammell Laird | Laid down 20 June 1899 Fate Scrapped, 1920 Displacement 385 long tons (391 t) Launched 25 September 1900 Draft 2.62 m | |
HMS Sprightly was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was purchased by the navy in 1901.
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Construction
Sprightly arrived at Plymouth from Birkenhead in late November 1901 for tests and fitting of navy equipment. She was placed in the B division of the Fleet Reserve at Devonport in late March 1902.
Operational history
Sprightly was commissioned at Devonport by Commander Roger Keyes on 13 May 1902, with the crew of the destroyer Falcon, taking that ship´s place in the instructional flotilla.
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