For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dasher.
| HMS Dasher (1895) | |
|---|---|
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Dasher |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Poplar, London |
| Laid down: | December 1893 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1894 |
| Completed: | March 1896 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Charger-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 255 long tons (259 t) |
| Length: | 195 ft (59 m) |
| Beam: | 18.5 ft (5.6 m) |
| Draught: | 7.25 ft (2.2 m) |
| Propulsion: |
vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 3,800 hp (2,834 kW) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Armament: |
1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Dasher was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1895, served in home waters and was sold in 1911.
In March 1901 she was commissioned at Chatham Dockyard to take place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla.[1]
References[]
- The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Putnam and Co. 1961
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