Name HMS Hunter Displacement 275 long tons (279 t) Length 59 m | Class and type Handy-class destroyer Launched 28 December 1895 | |
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Fate Sold for scrapping, 10 April 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 Hunter was a Handy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company yard in 1895, spent her career in home waters and was sold in 1912.
Operational service
In early December 1901 Wizard, tender to Excellent, the shore establishment near Portsmouth, was damaged in a collision with a tug at Portsmouth. Her crew was transferred to Hunter during repairs.
References
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