 The remainder of the crew slept in hammocks.As ordered "Spiteful" probably carried four boats, comprising a gig, a dinghy and two lifeboats of the Berthon type.Admiralty specifications in force at the time of her construction required that she should be able to steam at 30 knots, and from this she was one of a group of torpedo boat destroyers known informally as "30-knotters".