HMS Janus (1895)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Janus.
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Janus
Builder: Palmer's
Laid down: 28 March 1894
Launched: 12 March 1895
Completed: November 1895
Fate: Scrapped, 1914
General characteristics
Class and type:Janus-class destroyer
Displacement:385 long tons (391 t)
Length:204.5 ft (62.3 m)
Beam:19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Draught:8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power:3,900 ihp (2,900 kW)
Propulsion:Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Coal-fired Normand boilers
Speed:27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament:1 × QF 12-pounder gun
3 × 6-pounder guns
3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Janus was a Janus class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1895, served on the Chinese station for much of her career and was sold off in 1912.

Service history

Janus served on the China station for most of her career.

She underwent repairs to re-tube her boilers in 1902.[1]

References

The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Putnam and Co. 1961

  1. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 May 1902. (36767), p. 12.