Janus-class destroyer
Three "Janus"-class torpedo-boat destroyers (TBDs) served with the Royal Navy. , and were ordered under the 1893-94 Programme, all laid down on 28 March 1894 at Palmer's shipyard at Jarrow and launched during 1895. They displaced 275 tons (light), were long and produced from their Reed water tube boilers which gave them a top speed of . These vessels belonged to the "27-knotter" type of early TBD, of which thirty were built under this Programme; those that survived until 1913 (including all three "Janus"-class vessels) were re-classed as the 'A' Class at that date