HMS Hornet (1893)
HMS Hornet
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| Name: | HMS Hornet |
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London |
| Cost: | £ 36,112 |
| Laid down: | 1 July 1892 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1893 |
| Completed: | July 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold 12 October 1909 for scrapping. |
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| Class and type: | Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer |
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| Beam: | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,700 ihp (2,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range: | 47 tons of coal carried |
| Complement: | 46 |
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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.
In April 1892, the British Admiralty sent out a request to several shipbuilders for designs and tenders for "large sea going torpedo boats", or what later became known as "torpedo boat destroyers". In July 1892, it was decided to place an order with the two specialised torpedo-boat builders, Yarrows and Thornycroft for two ships each, with Yarrows' two ships named Havock and Hornet. While both Yarrow ships were powered by triple-expansion steam engines driving two shafts, they differed in the boilers used, with Havock using 2 conventional locomotive-type fire-tube boilers while Hornet used 8 Yarrow water tube boilers. (This resulted in Havock having 2 funnels while Hornet was fitted with 4 funnels). Gun armament consisted of a single 12 pounder (3 in (76 mm)) gun, three 6 pounder (57 mm) guns, while torpedo armament consisted of three 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes, with one fixed bow tube and two deck mounted tubes, with the two deck-mounted tubes in a single rotating mounting, pointing in opposite directions, so that enemies on either beam could be attacked at the same time.
Hornet was laid down at Yarrow's Poplar, London yard on 1 July 1892.Hornet's water tube boilers meant that it took longer to build than Havock, launching on 23 December 1893 and completed in July 1894. The ship's performance during trials was generally successful, with only slight vibration noted and the ship steering well, and an average speed of 27.6 knots (51.1 km/h; 31.8 mph) being made over a three-hour trial.
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