H.M.S. Handy (1895)

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H.M.S. Handy (1895)
Builder: Fairfield[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 7 Jun, 1894[3]
Launched: 9 Mar, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1895[5]
Broken up: 1916[6]

H.M.S. Handy was one of 42 destroyers of the "A" class — a "27 knotter".

Service

In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that Handy's boilers were being re-tubed and her hull and machinery refitted, work to be completed on 23 July.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
  8. The Navy List (March, 1913), p. 322.

Bibliography


"A" Class Destroyer
26 Knotters
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  Decoy Ferret Lynx  
27 Knotters
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Zephyr Handy Hart Hunter Opossum
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