AJAXNETPHOTO. 1895. - HIGH SPEED DESTROYER - HM. DESTROYER DESPERATE - THE FIRST VESSEL TO ATTAIN THE SPEED OF KNOTS. BUILT BY J. THORNYCROFT IN 1895. LENGTH 210 FEET, DISPLACEMENT 280 SISTER VESSEL, THE 'FAME' CAPTURED A SCHICHAU DESTROYER (NOW KNOWN AS HMS TAKU) AT THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE TAKU FORTS. PHOTO:VT COLLECTION/AJAXNETPHOTO REF:AVL/HMD_DESPERATE_VT_1_1895

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AJAXNETPHOTO. 1895. - HIGH SPEED DESTROYER - HM. DESTROYER DESPERATE - THE FIRST VESSEL TO ATTAIN THE SPEED OF KNOTS. BUILT BY J. THORNYCROFT IN 1895. LENGTH 210 FEET, DISPLACEMENT 280 TONS. A SISTER VESSEL, THE 'FAME' CAPTURED A SCHICHAU DESTROYER (NOW KNOWN AS HMS TAKU) AT THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE TAKU FORTS. PHOTO:VT COLLECTION/AJAXNETPHOTO REF:AVL/HMD_DESPERATE_VT_1_1895

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Size: 3008px × 2081px
Location: SPITHEAD, ENGLAND.
Photo credit: © AJAXNETPHOTO/COLLECTIONS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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