| Name: | WHITING |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 13/04/1896 |
| Launched: | 26/08/1896 |
| Completed: | 27/04/1897 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 711 |
| 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: | |
| 27/04/1897 | British Royal Navy |
| 27/11/1919 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Palmers' Star Class |
| 1913: Redesignated as a C Class destroyer | |
| 27/11/1919: Sold at Hong Kong for breaking up in China |
Above image is copyright of Royal Museums Greenwich
Above image is copyright of Royal Museums Greenwich
Above image is copyright of Royal Museums Greenwich
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 27/08/1896