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:

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. 1 2 "HMS Hart". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36824). London. 19 July 1902. p. 8.
Bibliography


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