HMS Tiger (1900)

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HMS Tiger was a Clydebank -built three funnel 30-knot destroyer purchased by the Royal Navy under the 1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates. She was the tenth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1542 for a 22-gun galleasse.
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Construction
She was laid down as a speculative build Yard No 335 at the John Brown and Company shipyard in Clydebank. She was purchased by the Royal Navy on the 31 March 1900 and was launched on 19 May 1900. During her trials she made her contract speed of 30 knots; then completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in June 1901.

Service
Tiger was commissioned at Devonport 21 August 1901, and assigned to the Portsmouth Flotilla of the Home Fleet. She spent her operational career mainly in Home Waters. On 2 April 1908 she took part in a Home Fleet exercise in the English Channel 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight. The exercise was to test fleet defence against a torpedo boat night attack. At little after 8 pm during the torpedo boat attack Tiger crossed the bow of HMS Berwick, a first class cruiser. Tiger was cut in two with the forward section sinking almost immediately. The stern remained afloat long enough to rescue 22 members of her crew but her Captain, Lieutenant W.E. Middleton and 27 others were lost.