HMS Hasty (1894)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hasty.

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Hasty
Builder:	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Poplar, London
Laid down:	December 1893
Launched:	16 June 1894
Completed:	May 1896
Fate:	Scrapped, 1912
General characteristics
Class & type:	Charger-class destroyer
Displacement:	255 long tons (259 t)
Length:	195 ft (59 m)
Beam:	18.5 ft (5.6 m)
Draught:	7.25 ft (2.2 m)
Propulsion:	vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 3,800 hp (2,834 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Hasty was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1894, served in home waters and was sold off in 1912.^[1]

Notes

↑ British Navy Ship Archive Archived September 12, 2009 at the Wayback Machine

References

Manning, T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co.

Charger-class destroyer

Charger Dasher Hasty

Preceded by: Ardent class Followed by: Hardy class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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