HMS Daring (1893)

HMS Daring and HMS Decoy together made up the Daring class of torpedo boat destroyers which served with the Royal Navy during the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. On trial she made headlines as the 'Fastest Boat Ever'. The introduction of steam turbines after 1897 quickly made her and her sisters obsolete and she was sold off in 1912.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Daring.

HMS Daring
History
United Kingdom
NameDaring
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company
Costc.£36,000
Yard number287
Laid downJuly 1892
Launched25 November 1893
CommissionedFebruary 1895
Decommissioned1912
Motto
  • Splendide audax
  • ("Finely Daring")
FateSold and broken up
General characteristics
Class and typeDaring-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement
  • 260 long tons (264 t) light
  • 287.8 long tons (292 t) full load
Length185 ft (56 m) oa
Beam19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught7 ft (2.1 m)
Installed power4,200 hp (3,132 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 Thornycroft water-tube boilers
  • 2 × triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)
Complement46 - 53
Armament
  • 1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  • 3 (later 5) × 6 pounder QF guns
  • 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 18-inch bow torpedo tube (later removed)
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