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367:(in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), together with a secondary gun armament of three 6-pounder guns, and two 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes. As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders.
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during that year. She remained in the
Mediterranean for several years. Lieutenant Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert was appointed in command in 1902, and in April that year she took part in gunnery and tactical exercises. On 19 April 1907 the destroyer
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on 29 March 1895, reaching a speed of 27.809 knots (51.502 km/h; 32.002 mph) over the measured mile and 27.97 knots (51.80 km/h; 32.19 mph) over a three-hour run. She was completed in June 1895.
419:
rated at 4,200 indicated horsepower (3,100 kW). Two funnels were fitted. The ship's complement was originally to be 45 officers and men, but in operation a complement of 53 was prescribed.
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and armament, which was to vary depending on whether the ship was to be used in the torpedo boat or gunboat role. As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single
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did not specify a standard design for destroyers, laying down broad requirements, including a trial speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h), a "turtleback"
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on 27 February 1895, with the naming ceremony performed by Miss
Kathleen Barnaby, the daughter of the S.W. Barnaby the naval architect.
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returned to home waters in 1911, serving with the Sixth
Destroyer Flotilla in January 1912, and then with a submarine flotilla at
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on the same date, while a further 30 destroyers were later ordered from other shipbuilders under the same programme.
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was 245 long tons (249 t) light and 301 long tons (306 t) full load. Three
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791:"Naval & Military Intelligence". Official Appointments and Notices.
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Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century
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363:(3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's
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Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War
795:. No. 34512. London. 28 February 1895. col B, p. 4.
348:) ordered from Thornycroft under the 1892–1893 programme.
930:
Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
856:. No. 36744. London. 17 April 1902. p. 7.
841:. No. 36841. London. 8 August 1902. p. 8.
818:
1012:
992:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
994:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
932:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
377:) was 201 feet 8 inches (61.47 m)
1201:Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
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501:She was sold for breaking for scrap to
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977:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
852:"Naval & Military intelligence".
837:"Naval & Military intelligence".
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925:. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co.
916:. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co.
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196:201 ft 8 in (61.47 m)
370:Thornycroft's design (known as the
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1019:. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing.
996:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
934:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
668:, Thursday, 28 February 1895, p.4
437:299, in April 1894. The ship was
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389:of 19 feet (5.79 m) and a
300:, and was sold on 26 May 1914.
159:Sold for scrapping, 26 May 1914
1053:Manning, Thomas Dafys (1961).
671:
656:
515:
417:triple-expansion steam engines
413:Thornycroft water-tube boilers
207:Triple expansion steam engines
1:
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415:fed steam to 2 four-cylinder
407: inches (2.22 m).
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1038:. London: Caxton Editions.
228:(50 km/h; 31 mph)
10:
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561:Colledge & Warlow 2006
312:placed an order for three
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973:Friedman, Norman (2009).
472:ran aground just outside
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590:National Maritime Museum
586:Warship Histories, vol v
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488:, all of whom survived.
308:On 12 October 1893, the
1191:Ardent-class destroyers
952:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
827:, pp. 140, 148–149
579:"NMM, vessel ID 381456"
332:) with the shipbuilder
314:torpedo boat destroyers
304:Construction and design
164:General characteristics
921:Brassey, T.A. (1902).
912:Brassey, T.A. (1897).
463:Mediterranean Squadron
383:between perpendiculars
288:which served with the
16:Ardent-class destroyer
1055:The British Destroyer
923:The Naval Annual 1902
914:The Naval Annual 1897
127:Miss Kathleen Barnaby
1036:The First Destroyers
1034:Lyon, David (2001).
599:on 24 September 2015
484:rescued the crew of
361:QF 12 pounder 12 cwt
1011:Kemp, Paul (1999).
898:: 269d. March 1913.
1057:. London: Putnam.
769:, pp. 44, 290
521:Also known as HMS
213:water-tube boilers
1178:
1177:
1104:-class destroyers
984:978-1-84832-049-9
965:978-1-86176-281-8
709:, pp. 40, 43
503:John Cashmore Ltd
498:through to 1913.
429:at Thornycroft's
310:British Admiralty
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334:Thornycroft
211:Coal-fired
100:Yard number
82:Thornycroft
21:HMS Bruiser
1196:1895 ships
1185:Categories
603:23 October
546:References
447:sea trials
445:underwent
357:forecastle
290:Royal Navy
233:Complement
201:Propulsion
124:Christened
111:April 1894
879:Lyon 2001
867:Kemp 1999
854:The Times
839:The Times
813:Lyon 2001
793:The Times
743:Lyon 2001
731:Lyon 2001
719:Lyon 2001
707:Lyon 2001
664:The Times
627:Lyon 2001
505:in 1914.
480:, Malta.
427:laid down
385:, with a
353:Admiralty
286:destroyer
179:destroyer
135:June 1895
132:Completed
108:Laid down
666:(London)
478:Valletta
439:launched
431:Chiswick
298:Chiswick
241:Armament
116:Launched
86:Chiswick
1155:Charger
1130:Bruizer
1063:6470051
692:27 July
681:Bruizer
523:Bruiser
496:Lamlash
492:Bruizer
482:Bruizer
459:Bruizer
443:Bruizer
423:Bruizer
402:⁄
391:draught
330:Bruizer
278:was an
275:Bruizer
95:£39,406
78:Builder
70:Ordered
64:Bruizer
40:History
1146:Ferret
1116:Ardent
1102:Ardent
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536:Yarrow
375:-class
373:Ardent
339:Daring
319:Ardent
283:-class
281:Ardent
193:Length
176:-class
174:Ardent
1157:class
1148:class
1123:Boxer
679:"HMS
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509:Notes
486:Ariel
469:Ariel
345:Decoy
325:Boxer
226:knots
221:Speed
1059:OCLC
1040:ISBN
1021:ISBN
998:ISBN
979:ISBN
960:ISBN
936:ISBN
694:2010
605:2015
425:was
387:beam
351:The
342:and
328:and
273:HMS
258:2 ×
252:5 ×
246:1 ×
156:Fate
92:Cost
62:HMS
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