HMS Hart (1895)
HMS "Hart" was one of three s built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Completed in 1895 she spent most of her career on the China Station and was sold 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. They displaced at normal load and at deep load. The ships had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . 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 a total of and were intended to give a maximum speed of . During her sea trials "Hart" reached from . The "Hardy"s carried a maximum of of coal that gave them a range of at . The ships were armed with a single quick-firing (QF) 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm) Mk I gun and five QF 6-pounder () 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. Construction and career. "Hart" was laid down by Fairfield at its Govan shipyard on 7 June 1894, launched on 27 March 1895 and completed in January 1896. Lieutenant George Cecil Hardy was appointed in command in 1902 (notified in July), when she served on the China Station. The ship was sold for scrap in 1912.