HMS Hart (1895)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Hart
Builder:	Fairfields, Govan
Launched:	27 March 1895^[1]
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 1912^[1]
General characteristics
Class & type:	Handy-class destroyer
Displacement:	275 long tons (279 t)
Length:	194 ft (59 m)
Propulsion:	Thornycroft boilers, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement:	53
Armament:	1 × 12 pounder gun 2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Hart was a Handy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built in 1895 at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, spent most of her career on the China Station and was sold in 1912.

References

Notes

1 2 "HMS Hart". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.

Bibliography

Manning, T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.

Handy-class destroyer

Handy Hart Hunter

Preceded by: Conflict class Followed by: Sunfish class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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