HMS Speedy (1893)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Speedy
Builder	Thornycroft
Laid down	4 January 1892
Launched	18 June 1893
Completed	20 February 1894
Fate	Sunk 3 September 1914
General characteristics
Class & type	Alarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement	810 long tons (820 t)
Length	230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp
Beam	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draught	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Installed power	3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion	2× triple expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	18.7 kn (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h)
Complement	91
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns; 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm ) guns; 1 × Gardiner machine gun; 3 × 18 inch torpedo tubes;

HMS Speedy was a Alarm-class torpedo gunboat of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Thornycroft from 1892–1894. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1908–1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Speedy was sunk by a German mine on 3 September 1914.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Speedy
Builder	Thornycroft
Laid down	4 January 1892
Launched	18 June 1893
Completed	20 February 1894
Fate	Sunk 3 September 1914
General characteristics
Class & type	Alarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement	810 long tons (820 t)
Length	230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp
Beam	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draught	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Installed power	3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion	2× triple expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	18.7 kn (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h)
Complement	91
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm ) guns 1 × Gardiner machine gun 3 × 18 inch torpedo tubes