HMS Janus (1895)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Janus
Builder Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Laid down28 March 1894
Launched12 March 1895
CompletedNovember 1895
Fate Scrapped, 1914
General characteristics
Class and type Janus-class destroyer
Displacement385 long tons (391 t)
Length204.5 ft (62.3 m)
Beam19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Draught8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power3,900  ihp (2,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament

HMS Janus was the lead ship of the Janus-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1895, served on the Chinese station for much of her career and was sold off in 1912.

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Service history

Janus was commissioned at Chatham on 27 March 1900 by Lieutenant Robert Gwynne Corbett, [1] who was in command during her trip to the China station, where she was to serve as tender to HMS Goliath. [2] She served on that station for most of her career.

She underwent repairs to re-tube her Reed boilers in 1902. [3]

Notes

  1. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36101. London. 28 March 1900. p. 7.
  2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36078. London. 1 March 1900. p. 6.
  3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36767. London. 14 May 1902. p. 12.

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