HMS Teazer (1895)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Teazer.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Teazer
Builder	J. Samuel White, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Launched	9 February 1895
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 9 July 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Conflict-class destroyer
Displacement	320 long tons (325 t)
Length	200 ft (61 m)
Propulsion	White-Forster boilers, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	53 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Teazer was a Conflict-class destroyer built by the White shipyard for the Royal Navy. She was launched on 9 February 1895, and sold for scrapping on 9 July 1912.[1]

Service history

In January 1900 it was announced that Teazer would be commissioned as tender to the torpedo school HMS Vernon at Chatham,[2] but she was on 12 February commissioned as tender to HMS Excellent, gunnery school at Portsmouth.[3] Later the same month, she was damaged by running into a jetty, and relieved from tender duties while receiving repairs.[4] She then took up the position as tender to Vernon, serving as such until early 1901.[5] She served in the Portsmouth instructional flotilla until April 1902, when her crew was transferred to the destroyer Syren, which took her place in the flotilla.[6] Later in 1902, she underwent repairs to re-tube her boilers.[7]

Teazer was sold for scrap on 9 July 1912 for £1820.[8][9]

Notes

1. "HMS Teazer". www.pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36051. London. 29 January 1900. p. 11.
3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36065. London. 14 February 1900. p. 11.
4. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36074. London. 24 February 1900. p. 8.
5. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36344. London. 5 January 1901. p. 8.
6. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36739. London. 11 April 1902. p. 10.
7. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36767. London. 14 May 1902. p. 12.
8. Lyon 2001, p. 45
9. "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Devonport Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 35. August 1912. p. 18.

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