HMS Griffon (1896)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Griffon
Builder:	Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down:	7 March 1896
Launched:	21 November 1896
Completed:	November 1897
Fate:	Scrapped, 1920
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 Griffon was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896.

She served with the Mediterranean Squadron in 1900 and 1901.