HMS Handy (1895)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Handy
Builder	Fairfields, Govan
Laid down	7 June 1894
Launched	9 March 1895
Commissioned	October 1895
Fate	Sold Hong Kong, 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	Handy-class destroyer
Displacement	275 long tons (279 t) light 310 long tons (310 t) full load
Length	197 ft (60.05 m) oa
Beam	19 ft 5 in (5.92 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	4,000 hp (2,983 kW)
Propulsion	3 × Thornycroft boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	53
Armament	1 × 12 pounder gun 3 × 6 pounder gun 2 × 18 inch torpedo tubes

HMS Handy was a Handy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in 1895 she spent most of her time on the China Station, and was sold in Hong Kong during the Great War.