Two Fervent class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) HMS Fervent (1895) and HMS Zephyr (1895) were designed and built by Hanna Donald in 1895. HMS Fervent was a Fervent class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. HMS Zephyr was one of two Fervent class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. Hanna Donald and Wilson were a Scottish engineering and Shipbuilding firm which flourished in the Victorian era. The ships displaced 275 tons and were 200 feet long. Their Locomotive (later Reed) boilers generated 3,850 hp which produced a top speed of between 26 and 27 knots. As was usual with ships of their type, they carried one twelve pounder, two torpedo tubes and had a complement of 53 officers and men.
Both ships served in home waters. They originally were designed with one funnel but when they failed to reach their contract speed they were reboilered with four funnels. Because of these problems, the ships did not leave their builders until 1901.
References
- The British Destroyer by Captain T. D. Manning. Published by Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0 906223 12 x.
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