Sunfish-class destroyer
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The Sunfish-class destroyers, also referred to as Opossum-class destroyers,[1] was a group of three torpedo boat destroyers which served with the Royal Navy from the 1890s to the 1920s. They were all built by the Hebburn-on-Tyne shipyard of Hawthorn Leslie.
Design
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History
Ordered under the 1893-94 Programme, the contract was placed on 7 February 1894. All three "turtle-back" destroyers were laid down in 1894, launched in 1895 and completed in 1896.
In September 1913 all three, like the other surviving 27-knotter destroyers, were re-classed as A Class destroyers.
They served in Home waters throughout the First World War, and all three were sold for breaking up in 1920.
Ships in class
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