Decoy 1895
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Daring | 287 | Thornycroft, Chiswick | 7.1892 | 25.11.1893 | 2.1895 | despatch vessel 1905, sold 4.1912 | |
| Decoy | 288 | Thornycroft, Chiswick | 7.1892 | 2.2.1894 | 6.1895 | collision 13.8.1904 |
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Displacement normal, t |
260 |
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Displacement full, t |
288 |
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Length, m |
56.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.79 |
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Draught, m |
2.13 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 4-cyl VCE, 3 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4200 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 45 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 865(11) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 - 450 TT (bow aw), 2 x 1 - 450 TT (6 at all) |
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Complement |
48 |
Project history: The first 5 destroyers were 26-knotters with an armament of 3-450mm TT (one fixed bow tube, two single deck tubes), 1 76mm and 3 57mm. This was the armament carried, but provision was made for landing the two deck tubes and replacing them by an extra 2 57mm if they were to be used entirely for anti-torpedo boat work. All these destroyers had twin shafts and triple expansion engines, though the Thornycroft boats had a special four cylinder triple expansion design.
Rather more strongly built than the Yarrow vessels, these two were also faster, though they took longer to build. Daring made nearly 28.2kts with 4644ihp on the measured mile. Like most subsequent Thornycroft destroyers they had two funnels (so that they would resemble torpedo boats) and flat sterns.
Modernizations: 1900, both: - 1 - 450 TT (without spare torpedoes)
1905, Daring: - 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I
Naval service: Decoy sank after collision with destroyer Arun 13.8.1904 off Wolf Rock.
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