HMS Hunter (1895)
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HMS Hunter was one of three Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".s built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Completed in 1896 she spent her career in home waters and was sold for scrap in 1912.
Description
Ordered as part of the 1893–1894 Naval Programme, the Hardy-class torpedo boat destroyers were Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's first such ships.[1] They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at normal load and Script error: No such module "convert". at deep load. The ships had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. They were powered by a pair of triple-expansion steam engines, each driving a single propeller shaft using steam provided by four Thornycroft water-tube boilers. The engines developed at total of Script error: No such module "convert". and were intended to give a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] During her sea trials Hunter reached a speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] The HardyTemplate:'s carried a maximum of Script error: No such module "convert". of coal that gave them a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
The ships were armed with a single quick-firing (QF) 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm) Mk I gun and five [[QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss|QF 6-pounder (Template:Cvt) Mk I]] Hotchkiss guns in single mounts. Their torpedo armament consisted of two rotating torpedo tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes, one mount amidships and the other on the stern.[4]
Construction and career
Hunter was laid down by Fairfield at its Govan shipyard on 7 June 1894, launched on 28 December 1895 and completed in May 1896.[5] In 1896 Hunter was in reserve at Portsmouth.[6] In early December 1901 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., tender to Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., the shore establishment near Portsmouth, was damaged in a collision with a tug at Portsmouth. Her crew was transferred to Hunter during repairs.[7]
She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.[8] The ship was sold for scrap in 1912.[9]
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