HMS Dasher (1894)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dasher
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Poplar, London
Laid down	December 1893
Launched	28 November 1894
Completed	March 1896
Fate	Sold for Scrapping, 14 May 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Charger-class 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 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Dasher was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911.