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'''H.M.S. ''Cobra''''' was one of 24 destroyers of the [["B" Class Destroyer (1895)|"B" class]] — a "30 knotter".
 
'''H.M.S. ''Cobra''''' was one of 24 destroyers of the [["B" Class Destroyer (1895)|"B" class]] — a "30 knotter".
  
She foundered before the war.
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She foundered on her delivery voyage from Newcastle to Portsmouth at a position near Cromer.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 22:01, 11 December 2013

H.M.S. Cobra (1899)
Builder: Armstrong[1]
Ordered: Purchased 1900[2]
Launched: 28 Jun, 1899[3]
Commissioned: 1901[4]
Foundered: 1901[5]

H.M.S. Cobra was one of 24 destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".

She foundered on her delivery voyage from Newcastle to Portsmouth at a position near Cromer.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  6. Weaver and Mayo, p. 180.

Bibliography

  • Weaver, Frederic William, M.A., F.S.A. and Mayo, Charles Herbert, M.A., R.D. (1907). Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset. Volume X. Sherborne: J. C. and A. T. Sawtell.


"B" Class Destroyer
Quail Sparrowhawk Thrasher Virago Earnest
Griffon Locust Panther Seal Wolf
Express Orwell Lively Sprightly Success
Spiteful Peterel Myrmidon Syren Kangaroo
  Arab Cobra Albacore Bonetta  
<– "A" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" Class –>