HMS Bruizer (1895)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bruizer
Ordered	12 October 1893
Builder	Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost	£39,406
Yard number	299
Laid down	April 1894
Launched	27 February 1895
Christened	Miss Kathleen Barnaby
Completed	June 1895
Commissioned	12 December 1895
Decommissioned	December 1913
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 26 May 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Ardent-class destroyer
Displacement	245 long tons (249 t) (light); 301 long tons (306 t) (full load)
Length	201 ft 8 in (61.47 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engines; Coal-fired water-tube boilers;
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	53
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun; 5 × 6-pounder guns; 2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Bruizer was an Ardent-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 February 1895 by John Thornycroft at Chiswick, and was sold on 26 May 1914.

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