HMS Hornet (1893)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hornet.

HMS Hornet
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hornet
BuilderYarrow & Company, Poplar, London
Cost£ 36,112[1]
Laid down1 July 1892[1]
Launched23 December 1893[2]
CompletedJuly 1894[1]
FateSold 12 October 1909 for scrapping.[3]
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeHavock-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement
  • 240 long tons (240 t) light
  • 275 long tons (279 t) full load
Length
  • 185 ft (56 m) oa
  • 180 ft (55 m) pp
Beam18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Draught7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power3,700 ihp (2,800 kW)[6]
Propulsion
Speed27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)[6]
Range47 tons of coal carried
Complement46[6]
Armament
  • 1 × 12-pounder gun
  • 3 × 6-pounder guns
  • 3 × torpedo tubes (2 later removed)[2]

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.

  1. ^ a b c d Lyon, The First Destroyers, p. 53
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  3. ^ Lyon, The First Destroyers, p. 56
  4. ^ a b Lyon, The First Destroyers, p. 54
  5. ^ Lyon, The First Destroyers, p. 94
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Manning p35 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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