- Charger class destroyer
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HMS DasherClass overview Builders: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town Operators: Royal Navy Preceded by: Ardent-class destroyer Succeeded by: Hardy-class destroyer Built: 1894–1895 In commission: 1894–1912 Completed: 3 Retired: 3 General characteristics Class and type: Charger-class destroyer Displacement: 255 long tons (259 t) Length: 195 ft (59 m) Beam: 18.5 ft (5.6 m) Draught: 7.25 ft (2.2 m) Propulsion: vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Coal-fired Normand boilers
3,800 hp (2,834 kW)Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) Armament: 1 × QF 12-pounder gun
3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubesThree Charger-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. HMS Charger, HMS Hasty and HMS Dasher were built by Yarrow Shipbuilders and armed with one twelve pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. They were given new boilers in 1900/01. They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.
See also
Media related to Charger class destroyer at Wikimedia CommonsReferences
- Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. ISBN 1-84067-364-8.
- Manning, T. D., Captain (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam & Co..
Charger-class destroyerPreceded by: Ardent class · Followed by: Hardy class
List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy"26-knotter" type "27-knotter" type Ardent class · Charger class · Hardy class · Janus class · Salmon class · Banshee class · Fervent class · Conflict class · Handy class · Sunfish class · Rocket class · Sturgeon class · Swordfish class · Zebra class
Followed by: B class
List of destroyer classes of the Royal NavyCategories:- Destroyer classes
- Charger class destroyers
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