HMS Harrier (1894)
| HMS Harrier HMS Harrier sailing from Malta c.1900 | |
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| Name: | HMS Harrier |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 21 January 1893[1] |
| Launched: | 20 February 1894 |
| Commissioned: | 8 July 1896[1] |
| Fate: | Sold for commercial use in 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
| Displacement: | 1070 tons |
| Length: | 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 18.2 kn (33.7 km/h) |
| Complement: | 120 |
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The sixth HMS Harrier was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat. She was launched at Devonport Dockyard on 20 February 1894,[2] and saw service in the Mediterranean and in fishery protection. She served as a minesweeper during World War I and was sold for commercial use in 1920.
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Design
Ordered under the Naval Defence Act of 1889, which established the "Two-Power Standard", the class was contemporary with the first Torpedo Boat Destroyers. With a length overall of 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m),[1] a beam of 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)[1] and a displacement of 1,070 tons,[1] these torpedo gunboats were not small ships by the standard of the time; they were larger than the majority of World War I destroyers. Harrier was engined by Hawthorn Leslie and Company with two sets of vertical triple-expansion steam engines, two locomotive-type boilers, and twin screws. This layout produced 3,500 indicated horsepower (2,600 kW),[1] giving her a speed of 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h).[1] She carried between 100 and 160 tons of coal and was manned by 120 sailors and officers.[1]
Armament
The armament when built comprised two QF 4.7-inch (12 cm) guns, four 6-pdr guns and a single 5-barrelled Nordenfelt machine gun. Her primary weapon was five 18-inch (460 mm) torpedoes, with two reloads.[1] On conversion to a minesweeper in 1914 two of the five torpedoes were removed.[1]
History
Mediterranean Service
On 24 March 1900 Harrier paid off at Devonport after her first commission, which was spent on the Mediterranean Station.[3]
She spent some time before World War I engaged in fishery protection duties and was for a time a tender to the Navigation school.[3]
Conversion to a minesweeper
At the outbreak of war she was converted at Portsmouth, in common with most of the rest of her class, to the minesweeping role.[3]
Disposal
She was sold to T R Sales at Haulbowline, Cork on 23 February 1920[1] for commercial use.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2003). The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1861760326.
- ↑ "RN Gunboats at Battleships-cruisers.co.uk". http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/r_n_gunboats.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "HMS Harrier at the Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels". http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/H/02154.html. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ↑ "HMS Harrier at BritishEmpire.co.uk". http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/navyships/gunboats/hmsharrier.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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