For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bruizer.
| HMS Bruizer (1895) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Bruizer |
| Builder: | Thornycroft, Chiswick |
| Launched: | 27 February 1895 |
| Christened: | Miss Kathleen Barnaby |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 26 May 1914 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ardent-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 265 long tons (269 t) |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 53 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 12-pounder gun • 5 × 6-pounder guns • 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Bruizer was an Ardent-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 February 1895 by John Thornycroft at Chiswick,[1] and was sold on 26 May 1914.[2]
At the launch at Chiswick on 27 February 1895 the naming ceremony was performed by Miss Kathleen Barnaby, the daughter of the S.W. Barnaby the naval architect.[3]
She served with the Mediterranean Squadron in 1901.[4]
References[]
- ↑ The Times (London), Thursday, February 28, 1895, p.4
- ↑ "HMS Bruizer". pbenyon.plus.com. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00711.html. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑
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- Manning, Captain T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co.
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