Handy-class destroyer
Three Handy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. Handy, Hart and Hunter were all built by Fairfield.
HMS Hunter | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Handy class |
| Builders | Fairfields, Govan |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Banshee class |
| Succeeded by | Sunfish class |
| Built | 1895 |
| In commission | 1895–1914 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo boat destroyer |
| Displacement | 275 long tons (279 t) |
| Length | 194 ft (59 m) |
| Propulsion | Thornycroft boilers, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement | 53 |
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