HMS Hearty (1885)

Hearty in Ijmuiden harbour, 1903
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hearty
BuilderW B Thomson, Dundee
Launched18 April 1885
AcquiredPurchased 1885
FateSold 6 November 1920 as salvage vessel
General characteristics
Tonnage719 GRT
Displacement1,300 long tons (1,300 t)
Length212 ft 0 in (64.62 m)
Beam30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
Draught13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Installed power2,400 ihp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion
Speed14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Armament
  • 2 × 4 in (102 mm) BL
  • 2 × 12 pdr BL

HMS Hearty was a fishery protection vessel and survey ship of the British Royal Navy. Built by the Scottish shipbuilder W. B. Thompson as the tug Indra, the ship was launched in 1885 and purchased by the Royal Navy. Hearty was sold in 1920 for use as a salvage vessel. She was renamed Dalhousie in 1921, and was sold for scrap in 1930, being scrapped in 1935.