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Revision as of 22:20, 13 June 2014

H.M.S. Hornet (1893)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Ordered: 1892[2]
Laid down: Jul, 1892[3]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1893[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1894[5]
Broken up: 1909[6]

H.M.S. Hornet was one of forty-two destroyers of the "A" class — a "26 knotter".

Like many of the "A" class boats, she was broken up before the war.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 23 September, 1897. Issue 35316, col C, p. 8.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 266.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 328.

Bibliography


"A" Class Destroyer
26 Knotters
  Havock Hornet Daring  
  Decoy Ferret Lynx  
27 Knotters
Ardent Boxer Bruizer Charger Dasher
Hasty Hardy Haughty Janus Lightning
Porcupine Salmon Snapper Banshee Contest
Dragon Conflict Teazer Wizard Fervent
Zephyr Handy Hart Hunter Opossum
Ranger Sunfish Rocket Shark Surly
  Skate Starfish Sturgeon  
  Spitfire Swordfish Zebra  
  Destroyers (UK) "B" Class –>