HMS Charger (1894)
 Plans for the Charger class | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Charger |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Poplar, London |
| Laid down: | November 1893 |
| Launched: | 15 September 1894 |
| Completed: | February 1896 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 Charger was a Charger class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Poplar, London on 15 September 1894,[1] served in home waters and was sold off in 1912.
Service history
Charger was commissioned at Devonport by Lieutenant Robert William Francis Travers on 11 March 1902,[2] for service with the Devonport instructional flotilla.[3] Travers was reassigned to the Nile the following month, when Lieutenant G. H. Brown was appointed in command of Charger.[4]
References
- ↑ The Times (London), Monday, 17 September 1894, p.8
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 March 1902. (36720), p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 12 March 1902. (36713), p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 21 April 1902. (36747), p. 6.
- The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Putnam and Co. 1961
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