Hunter 1896
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Handy | Fairfield, Govan | 7.6.1894 | 9.3.1895 | 10.1895 | stricken 3.1914, sold 1916 | ||
| Hart | Fairfield, Govan | 7.6.1894 | 27.3.1895 | 1.1896 | sold 7.1911 | ||
| Hunter | Fairfield, Govan | 7.6.1894 | 28.12.1895 | 5.1896 | sold 11.1912 |
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Displacement normal, t |
275 |
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Displacement full, t |
310 |
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Length, m |
60.1 oa 59.1 pp |
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Breadth, m |
5.94 |
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Draught, m |
2.29 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 3 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 65 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4) |
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Complement |
55 |
Project history: Before the Havock had completed it was decided to order another six destroyers from Thornycroft and Yarrow. Another nine were ordered from other builders making up, a few months later, the 1893/94 Programme. Apart from a slight increase in size the main difference was that the gun armament was increased by 2 57mm guns. The first six (the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats) had a bow tube fitted, but it was found to throw up clouds of spray in anything except a flat calm, had a bad effect on seakeeping and was soon removed.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Handy and Hart were sold for BU at Hong Kong (Handy was put on sale list in 1914).
Hart
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