| Name: | FLYING FISH | 
| Type: | Destroyer | 
| Keel: | 02/08/1896 | 
| Launched: | 04/03/1897 | 
| Completed: | 01/12/1897 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Willington Quay | 
| Yard Number: | 715 | 
| Dimensions: | 360disp - 440disp, 215.0 x 20.5 x 7.8(draft)ft | 
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl, 6200ihp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr & 5 x 1 x 6pdr guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes | 
| History: | |
| 01/12/1897 | British Royal Navy | 
| 30/08/1919 | Broken up | 
| Comments: | Member of the Star Class of destroyers | 
| 1913: Redesignated as a C Class destroyer | |
| 30/08/1919: Sold for breaking up by TR Sales | 

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Glasgow Herald, Friday, 05/03/1897