Charger-class destroyer

Class overview
HMS Dasher
Name:	Charger class
Builders:	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Ardent class
Succeeded by:	Hardy class
Built:	1894–1895
In commission:	1894–1912
Completed:	3
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat 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

Three Charger-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. Charger, Hasty and Dasher were built by Yarrow Shipbuilders and armed with one twelve pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. They were given new boilers in 1900/01. They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.

References

Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. ISBN 1-84067-364-8.
Manning, T. D., Captain (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam & Co.

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Charger-class destroyer

Charger Dasher Hasty

Preceded by: Ardent class Followed by: Hardy 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

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