HMS Dove (1898)
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HMS ''Dove'' was a three funnel, 30 knot
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ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry the name.


Construction

HMS ''Dove'' was one of
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"thirty-knotter"
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s ordered by the
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from the
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shipyard of Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company as part of the 1896–1897 shipbuilding programme for the
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, out of a total of 20 destroyers ordered from various builders as part of this programme, consisting of 17 "thirty-knotters" contracted to reach a speed of during
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and three builders specials contracted to give higher speeds.Lyon 2001, pp. 72–73.Friedman 2009, p. 53. As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the design of ''Dove'' was left to the builder, with the Admiralty laying down only broad requirements (although all designs were approved by the Admiralty), rather than the Admiralty ordering ships to a standard design.Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.Manning 1961, p. 39. ''Dove'' was
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and
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, with a
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of and a draught of .
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was light and deep load.Lyon 2001, p. 72.Friedman 2009, pp. 291–292. Four
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s fed steam at to 2 four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines rated at . The boilers' outtakes were routed to three flat-sided funnels.Manning 1961, p. 42. Up to of coal could be carried, giving a range of at . The ship had the standard armament of the Thirty-Knotters, i.e. a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt ( calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's
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(in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.Friedman 2009, p. 40. The ship was manned by 63 officers and men. The ship was laid down on 17 September 1896, at Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited shipyard at Hull, Yorkshire, Construction was delayed by industrial action and ''Dove'' was not launched until 21 March 1898. Although she was claimed to have reached during builder's tests, official trials were less successful, and like her sister ship , she failed to reach contract speed, ''Dove'' only reaching . Problems with getting these destroyers through their acceptance trials resulted in financial problems for Earle's which resulted in the company's
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. ''Dove'' was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in July 1901.


Service history


Pre-War

After commissioning ''Dove'' was assigned to the Channel Fleet, taking part in the 1901 Naval Manoeuvres.Brassey 1902, p. 90. Commander
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was appointed in command on 24 February 1902, and ''Dove'' was assigned to the
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instructional flotilla. In May 1902 the ship struck a rock off Kildorney, and had to be towed by her sister ship ''Bullfinch'' to Queenstown. She was deemed fit for sea, and the following day was towed by the service vessel to her home-port Portsmouth, where she was docked for repairs. In 1910, ''Dove'' formed part of the
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at Devonport. On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. As a three-funneled destroyer with a contract speed of 30 knots, ''Dove'' was assigned to the C class.Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 18.Manning 1961, pp. 17–18. The class letters were painted on the hull below the bridge area and on a funnel.Manning 1961, p. 34. In 1912, it was decided to allocate older destroyers to dedicated Patrol Flotillas, with ''Dove'' being allocated to the Seventh Flotilla, based at Devonport.Manning 1961, p. 25.


World War I

In July 1914 ''Dove'' was in active commission in the
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based at Devonport tendered to the destroyer depot ship . In November 1914 ''Dove'' was one of 29 destroyers transferred to
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for local patrols around the base of the
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.Manning 1961, p. 27. By March, ''Dove'' had transferred to the
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Patrol Flotilla, based at
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in the north of Ireland. On 24 April 1916, the
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against British rule broke out in Ireland. As a response, two Infantry Brigades were ordered from Liverpool to Dublin to reinforce the British forces, with ''Dove'' taking part in escorting the transports carrying these troops.Naval Staff Monograph No. 31, pp. 128–129. By November 1918 she had been redeployed to the Devonport Local Flotilla based out of Liverpool. In 1919 ''Dove'' was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was sold on 27 January 1920 to Maden and McKee of Porthcawl for breaking.


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