HMS Hart (1895)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Hart |
| Builder: | Fairfields, Govan |
| Launched: | 27 March 1895[1] |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1912[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Handy-class 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: |
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HMS Hart was a Handy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built in 1895 at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, spent most of her career on the China Station and was sold in 1912.
Service history
Lieutenant George Cecil Hardy was appointed in command in 1902 (notified in July),[2] when she served on the China station.
References
- Notes
- 1 2 "HMS Hart". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36824). London. 19 July 1902. p. 8.
- Bibliography
- Manning, T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
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