HMS Locust (1896)
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Locust |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 20 April 1896 |
| Launched: | 5 December 1896 |
| Completed: | July 1898 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Earnest-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 395 long tons (401 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 21.5 ft (6.6 m) |
| Draught: | 9.75 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,300 hp (4,698 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
| Armament: | 1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Locust was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, on 5 December 1896.[1]
She served as part of the Devonport Destroyer Instructional Flotilla in 1901.[2]
The future Admiral of the Fleet, Andrew Cunningham, was appointed her second-in-command while a Sub-Lieutenant, in September 1903.