Name HMS Virago Completed June 1897 Displacement 395 long tons (401 t) Launched 19 November 1895 Builder Cammell Laird | Laid down 13 June 1895 Class and type Quail-class destroyer Construction started 13 June 1895 Length 66 m | |
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Fate Sold for disposal, 10 October 1919 | ||
HMS Virago was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, in 1897. One of four Quail-class destroyers she served during the Great War and was sold off after hostilities ended.
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Construction
HMS Virago was laid down at Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead on 13 June 1895, the fourth "Thirty-Knotter" destroyer ordered from Lairds for the Royal Navy as part of the 1894–95 shipbuilding programme. The ship was launched on 19 November 1895, undergoing sea trials on 27 November 1896, where she reached a speed of 30.365 knots (34.943 mph; 56.236 km/h) over the measured mile and an average speed of 30.049 knots (34.580 mph; 55.651 km/h) over a three-hour run. Virago was completed in June 1897.
Service history
Virago was posted at the Pacific Station, and in January 1902 Lieutenant A. B. Barker was appointed in command.