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HMS Hart (1895)

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Name
  
HMS Hart

Displacement
  
275 long tons (279 t)

Length
  
59 m

Class and type
  
Handy-class destroyer

Launched
  
27 March 1895

Fate
  
Sold for scrapping, 1912

Propulsion
  
Thornycroft boilers, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW)

Speed
  
27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)

Builder
  
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

HMS Hart was a Handy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built in 1895 at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, spent most of her career on the China Station and was sold in 1912.

Service history

Lieutenant George Cecil Hardy was appointed in command in 1902 (notified in July), when she served on the China station.

References

HMS Hart (1895) Wikipedia