HMS Hussar (1894)

Hussar
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hussar
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	3 April 1893[1]
Launched	3 July 1894
Commissioned	3 December 1896[1]
Fate	Sold for scrap in December 1920 Resold on 13 July 1921
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Dryad-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement	1,070 tons
Length	262 ft 6 in (80.0 m)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Draught	13 ft (4.0 m)
Installed power	3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 × 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines Locomotive boilers Twin screws
Speed	18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph)
Complement	120
Armament	1 × QF 4.7-inch (12 cm) guns 2 × 12-pounder guns 1 × 6-pounder gun 5 × 18-inch torpedo tubes On conversion to a minesweeper in 1914 two torpedo tubes were removed

HMS Hussar was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1894 and served in the Mediterranean between 1896 and 1905 before being used for fishery protection. During the Dardanelles campaign of 1915 her commanding officer and two of her ship's company won the Victoria Cross. She was broken up in 1921.