HMS Hardy (1895)

Career
Name: HMS Hardy
Builder: William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Launched: 16 December 1895[1]
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 11 July 1911[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Hardy-class destroyer
Displacement: 260 long tons (264 t)
Length: 196 ft (60 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam engines
Yarrow-type water-tube boilers
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement: 53
Armament: • 1 × 12-pounder gun
• 5 × 6-pounder guns
• 2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Hardy was a Hardy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built by William Doxford & Sons in 1895, launched on 16 December 1895, served in home waters and sold off on 11 July 1911.

References

  1. ^ a b "HMS Hardy". pbenyon.plus.com. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/H/02140.html. Retrieved 27 July 2010.