HMS Foam (1896)

	Fame, sister-ship of Foam
History
United Kingdom
Name	Foam
Ordered	10 May 1895
Builder	John I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost	£54,432
Yard number	307
Laid down	16 July 1895
Launched	8 October 1896
Commissioned	July 1897
Fate	Sold for breaking, 26 May 1914
General characteristics
Class & type	Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	272 long tons (276 t) standard; 352 long tons (358 t) full load;
Length	210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Installed power	5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	3 × water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	65 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;

HMS Foam was a two funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1894 – 1895 Naval Estimates. She served in the Mediterranean for most of her short career and was sold in 1914, 4 months before the beginning of World War I.