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Name | HMS Bruizer |
Ordered | 12 October 1893 |
Builder | Thornycroft, Chiswick |
Cost | £39,406 |
Yard number | 299 |
Laid down | April 1894 |
Launched | 27 February 1895 |
Christened | Miss Kathleen Barnaby |
Completed | June 1895 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1895 |
Decommissioned | December 1913 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 May 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ardent-class destroyer |
Displacement | 245 long tons (249 t) (light); 301 long tons (306 t) (full load) |
Length | 201 ft 8 in (61.47 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Complement | 53 |
Armament |
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HMS Bruizer [1] [2] [a] was an Ardent-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 February 1895 by John Thornycroft at Chiswick, [6] and was sold on 26 May 1914. [7]
On 12 October 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order for three torpedo boat destroyers ( Ardent, Boxer 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 ( Daring and Decoy) ordered from Thornycroft under the 1892–1893 programme. [8] [b]
The Admiralty did not specify a standard design for destroyers, laying down broad requirements, including a trial speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h), 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. [10] As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) 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 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes. As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. [11] [12]
Thornycroft's design (known as the Ardent-class) was 201 feet 8 inches (61.47 m) long overall and 201 feet 6 inches (61.42 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 19 feet (5.79 m) and a draught of 7 feet 3+1⁄4 inches (2.22 m). Displacement was 245 long tons (249 t) light and 301 long tons (306 t) full load. [3] Three Thornycroft water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines rated at 4,200 indicated horsepower (3,100 kW). Two funnels were fitted. [3] [13] The ship's complement was originally to be 45 officers and men, [14] but in operation a complement of 53 was prescribed.
Bruizer was laid down at Thornycroft's Chiswick shipyard, as Yard number 299, in April 1894. [3] 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. [15] Bruizer underwent sea trials on 29 March 1895, reaching a speed of 27.809 knots (51.502 km/h; 32.002 mph) over the measured mile and 27.97 knots (51.80 km/h; 32.19 mph) over a three-hour run. [16] She was completed in June 1895. [3]
Bruizer took part in the 1896 British Naval manoeuvres, [17] and was transferred to the Mediterranean Squadron during that year. [16] She remained in the Mediterranean for several years. Lieutenant Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert was appointed in command in 1902, [18] and in April that year she took part in gunnery and tactical exercises. [19] On 19 April 1907 the destroyer Ariel ran aground just outside Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta. Bruizer rescued the crew of Ariel, all of whom survived. [20] [21] [2]
Bruizer returned to home waters in 1911, [16] serving with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in January 1912, [2] and then with a submarine flotilla at Lamlash through to 1913. [16] [22]
She was sold for breaking for scrap to John Cashmore Ltd in 1914. [1]
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History | |
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Name | HMS Bruizer |
Ordered | 12 October 1893 |
Builder | Thornycroft, Chiswick |
Cost | £39,406 |
Yard number | 299 |
Laid down | April 1894 |
Launched | 27 February 1895 |
Christened | Miss Kathleen Barnaby |
Completed | June 1895 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1895 |
Decommissioned | December 1913 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 May 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ardent-class destroyer |
Displacement | 245 long tons (249 t) (light); 301 long tons (306 t) (full load) |
Length | 201 ft 8 in (61.47 m) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Complement | 53 |
Armament |
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HMS Bruizer [1] [2] [a] was an Ardent-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 February 1895 by John Thornycroft at Chiswick, [6] and was sold on 26 May 1914. [7]
On 12 October 1893, the British Admiralty placed an order for three torpedo boat destroyers ( Ardent, Boxer 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 ( Daring and Decoy) ordered from Thornycroft under the 1892–1893 programme. [8] [b]
The Admiralty did not specify a standard design for destroyers, laying down broad requirements, including a trial speed of 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h), 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. [10] As a torpedo boat, the planned armament was a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) 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 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes. As a gunboat, one of the torpedo tubes could be removed to accommodate a further two six-pounders. [11] [12]
Thornycroft's design (known as the Ardent-class) was 201 feet 8 inches (61.47 m) long overall and 201 feet 6 inches (61.42 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 19 feet (5.79 m) and a draught of 7 feet 3+1⁄4 inches (2.22 m). Displacement was 245 long tons (249 t) light and 301 long tons (306 t) full load. [3] Three Thornycroft water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines rated at 4,200 indicated horsepower (3,100 kW). Two funnels were fitted. [3] [13] The ship's complement was originally to be 45 officers and men, [14] but in operation a complement of 53 was prescribed.
Bruizer was laid down at Thornycroft's Chiswick shipyard, as Yard number 299, in April 1894. [3] 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. [15] Bruizer underwent sea trials on 29 March 1895, reaching a speed of 27.809 knots (51.502 km/h; 32.002 mph) over the measured mile and 27.97 knots (51.80 km/h; 32.19 mph) over a three-hour run. [16] She was completed in June 1895. [3]
Bruizer took part in the 1896 British Naval manoeuvres, [17] and was transferred to the Mediterranean Squadron during that year. [16] She remained in the Mediterranean for several years. Lieutenant Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert was appointed in command in 1902, [18] and in April that year she took part in gunnery and tactical exercises. [19] On 19 April 1907 the destroyer Ariel ran aground just outside Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta. Bruizer rescued the crew of Ariel, all of whom survived. [20] [21] [2]
Bruizer returned to home waters in 1911, [16] serving with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in January 1912, [2] and then with a submarine flotilla at Lamlash through to 1913. [16] [22]
She was sold for breaking for scrap to John Cashmore Ltd in 1914. [1]