Name: | BONETTA |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 01/09/1905 |
Launched: | 14/01/1907 |
Completed: | 27/03/1909 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 787 |
Dimensions: | 440disp, 215.0 x 21.0 x 8.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 8000hp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 3 x 1 x 12pdr guns, 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
27/03/1909 | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
03/1909 | British Royal Navy |
07/06/1920 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Palmer Class of destroyers |
1905: Built as a speculative contract | |
1907: Offered to The Admiralty for about £75000 | |
1909: Purchased by The Admiralty for £45000 | |
1913: Reclassified as a B Class destroyer | |
07/06/1920: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Briton Ferry |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum