Construction work on " Arab " was delayed owing to problems during the sea trials of the thirty-knotter destroyers built by Thomsons under the 1895 1896 programme, which required significant modification to reach the required speed . " Arab " was finally laid down on 5 March 1900 and launched on 9 February 1901.
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"' HMS " Zebra " "'was a " Twenty-seven Knotter " destroyer of the Royal Navy, later classified as part of the A Class . " Zebra " was built by Thames Iron Works and launched in 1895 as the fifth Royal Navy ship to be named " Zebra ".
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"Leopard " was long Displacement was light and full load, slightly lighter than the three earlier Thirty-knotter destroyers ordered from Barrow as part of the 1895 96 programme (, and ) . " Leopard " was contractually required to maintain a speed of for a continuous run of three hours and over six consecutive measured miles during sea trials.
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Torpedo boat destroyers of the 30-knotter specification featured watertight pendant numbers painted on their bows . s pendant number until 1915 was P 73, after which it was D 91 until 1918, when it was changed again to D 76 . | group = Fn } } " Spiteful " and her sister ship, also built by Palmers and launched later the same year, formed the . " Boxer"
