Published Resources Details Journal Article

Title
Admiralty contracts
In
Engineering
Imprint
vol. 60, 29 November 1895, pp. 669-670
Description

Accession No.975

Abstract

In reply to a question as to why none of the 30-knot destroyers being built for the Royal Navy were being built by Messrs, Yarrow and Co. of Poplar, Alfred Yarrow wrote, "In regard to the 30-knot destroyers recently ordered by the Admiralty, we regret that we have none of these to build. We did tender for them, and the Admiralty offered us three at a price considerably below our estimate, which sum in our opinion, did not admit to our turning out the best vessel we could design. Consequently we declined the order. More recently the Admiralty have been good enough to invite us to tender again for some more 30-knot destroyers, but being well equipped with foreign orders, it was out of our power to do so."