Handy-class destroyer

Class overview
HMS Hunter
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.

References

Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.

Handy-class destroyer

Handy Hart Hunter

Preceded by: Conflict class Followed by: Sunfish class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

A-class destroyer

"26-knotter" type	Daring class Havock class Ferret class

"27-knotter" type	Ardent class Charger class Hardy class Janus class Salmon class Banshee class Fervent class Conflict class Handy class Sunfish class Rocket class Sturgeon class Swordfish class Zebra class

Followed by: B class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

Handy-class destroyer

See also

References