Handy class destroyer


HMS Hunter
Class overview
Builders: Fairfields, Govan
Operators: Royal Navy
Preceded by: Conflict-class destroyer
Succeeded by: Sunfish-class destroyer
Built: 1895
In commission: 1895–1914
Completed: 3
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Torpedo Boat 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

Three Handy class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. HMS Handy, HMS Hart and HMS Hunter were all built by Fairfield. The ships displaced 275 tons, were 194 feet long and their 4,000 h.p. Thornycroft boilers produced 27 knots. They were armed with one twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.

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