HMS Decoy (1894)

	Decoy
History
United Kingdom
Name	Decoy
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Cost	c.£36,000
Yard number	288
Laid down	July 1892
Launched	7 February 1894
Completed	June 1895
Fate	Sunk in collision, 13 August 1904
General characteristics
Class & type	Daring-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	260 long tons (264 t) light; 287.8 long tons (292 t) full load;
Length	185 ft (56 m) oa
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught	7 ft (2.1 m)
Installed power	4,200 hp (3,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 Thornycroft water-tube boilers; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Crew	46-53
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun; 3 × 6 pounder QF guns; 3 × 18 inch (450mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Decoy was a Daring-class torpedo boat destroyer which served with the Royal Navy in home waters. She was launched in 1895 and sunk in a collision with the destroyer HMS Arun in 1904.

History
Decoy
United Kingdom
Name	Decoy
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Cost	c.£36,000
Yard number	288
Laid down	July 1892
Launched	7 February 1894
Completed	June 1895
Fate	Sunk in collision, 13 August 1904
General characteristics
Class & type	Daring-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	260 long tons (264 t) light 287.8 long tons (292 t) full load
Length	185 ft (56 m) oa
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught	7 ft (2.1 m)
Installed power	4,200 hp (3,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 Thornycroft water-tube boilers 2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Crew	46-53
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 3 × 6 pounder QF guns 3 × 18 inch (450mm) torpedo tubes