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HMS Handy (1895)
HMS ''Handy'' was a which served with the Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in 1895 she spent most of her time on the China Station, and was sold in Hong Kong during the Great War.
==Design and construction==
As part of the 1893–1894 Naval Estimates, the British Admiralty placed orders for 36 torpedo-boat destroyers, all to be capable of , as a follow-on to the six prototype "26-knotters" ordered in the previous 1892–1893 Estimates. Of the 36 destroyers, three ships (''Handy'', and ) were ordered from Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan,〔Lyon 2001, pp. 19–20.〕 the first torpedo craft to be built by that shipyard.〔Lyon 2001, p. 87.〕 As typical for torpedo craft at the time, the Admiralty left detailed design to the builders, laying down only broad requirements.〔Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.〕〔Manning 1961, p. 39.〕
Fairfield's design was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was light and full load,〔 while the ship's complement was 53 officers and men.〔Manning 1961, p. 36.〕 Three Thornycroft boilers fed steam at to two 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at and driving two propeller shafts.〔 Two funnels were fitted.〔Friedman 2009, p. 48.〕 Armament consisted of a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt gun and three 6-pounder guns, with two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.〔Friedman 2009, p. 291.〕 As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders.〔Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.〕〔Friedman 2009, p. 40.〕
''Handy'' was laid down on 7 June 1894 and was launched on 9 March 1895.〔 ''Handy'' reached a speed of during sea trials,〔Brassey 1897, p. 321.〕 and was commissioned in October 1895.〔
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