HMS Hornet
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Hornet |
Builder | Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London |
Cost | £ 36,112[1] |
Laid down | 1 July 1892[1] |
Launched | 23 December 1893[2] |
Completed | July 1894[1] |
Fate | Sold 12 October 1909 for scrapping.[3] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Installed power | 3,700 ihp (2,800 kW)[6] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)[6] |
Range | 47 tons of coal carried |
Complement | 46[6] |
Armament |
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HMS Hornet was a Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched in 1893 and sold in 1909 for scrapping. Although the Daring-class torpedo boat destroyers were ordered first, Havock and Hornet were completed faster, making them the first destroyers ever built.
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