Ferret class destroyer
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Two Ferret class destroyers served with the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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. and were built by Laird
Cammell Laird
Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company...
, displaced 280 tons and were 199 feet (60.7 m) in length. They were armed with one 12-pounder gun
QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
The QF 12 pounder 12 cwt gun was a common calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used on Royal Navy warships, and exported to allied countries...
and two bow torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of 53.
They were followed by the larger which were built by Laird less than a year later.