HMS Hornet (1893)

	HMS Hornet
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hornet
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London
Cost	£ 36,112
Laid down	1 July 1892
Launched	23 December 1893
Completed	July 1894
Fate	Sold 12 October 1909 for scrapping.
General characteristics
Class & type	Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	240 long tons (240 t) light; 275 long tons (279 t) full load;
Length	185 ft (56 m) oa; 180 ft (55 m) pp;
Beam	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	3,700 ihp (2,800 kW)
Propulsion	8 × Yarrow water-tube boilers; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	47 tons of coal carried
Complement	46
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun; 3 × 6-pounder guns; 3 × torpedo tubes (2 later removed);

HMS Hornet was a Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched in 1893 and sold in 1909 for scrapping. Although the Daring-class torpedo boat destroyers were ordered first, Havock and Hornet were completed faster, making them the first destroyers ever built.

History
HMS Hornet
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hornet
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Poplar, London
Cost	£ 36,112
Laid down	1 July 1892
Launched	23 December 1893
Completed	July 1894
Fate	Sold 12 October 1909 for scrapping.
General characteristics
Class & type	Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	240 long tons (240 t) light 275 long tons (279 t) full load
Length	185 ft (56 m) oa 180 ft (55 m) pp
Beam	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power	3,700 ihp (2,800 kW)
Propulsion	8 × Yarrow water-tube boilers 2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	47 tons of coal carried
Complement	46
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × torpedo tubes (2 later removed)