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HMS ''Bruizer'' was an which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 February 1895 by John Thornycroft at Chiswick,〔''The Times (London)'', Thursday, February 28, 1895, p.4〕 and was sold on 26 May 1914. ==Construction and design== On 12 October 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order for three torpedo boat destroyers (, and ''Bruizer'') with the shipbuilder Thornycroft under the 1893–1894 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy as a follow-on to the two prototype destroyers ( and ) ordered from Thornycroft under the 1892–1893 programme. The Admiralty did not specify a standard design for destroyers, laying down broad requirements, including a trial speed of , a "turtleback" forecastle and armament, which was to vary depending on whether the ship was to be used in the torpedo boat or gunboat role. As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt ( calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), together with a secondary gun armament of three 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. Thornycroft's design (known as the ) was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was light and full load.〔 Three Thornycroft water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines rated at . Two funnels were fitted.〔 The ship's complement was 45 officers and men. ''Bruizer'' was laid down at Thornycroft's Chiswick shipyard, as Yard number 299, in April 1894.〔 The ship was launched on 27 February 1895, with the naming ceremony performed by Miss Kathleen Barnaby, the daughter of the S.W. Barnaby the naval architect.〔 ''Bruizer'' underwent sea trials on 29 March 1895, reaching a speed of over the measured mile and over a three hour run. She was completed in June 1895.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Bruizer (1895)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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