Hardy-class destroyer

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Class overview
Builders: William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Operators: Royal Navy
Preceded by: Charger-class destroyer
Succeeded by: Janus-class destroyer
Built: 1895
In commission: 18951912
Completed: 2
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Displacement: 260 long tons (264 t)
Length: 196 ft (60 m)
Propulsion: Yarrow boilers
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement: 53
Armament: • 1 × 12 pounder gun
• 2 × torpedo tubes

Two Hardy class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. HMS Hardy and HMS Haughty were both built by Doxford with Yarrow boilers. They displaced 260 tons, were 196 feet long and were armed with one twelve pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. They carried 53 officers and men and served in home waters before being sold off before the Great War.

References

  • Manning, Captain T.D (1979) [1961]. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X. 
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