Daring-class destroyer (1893)

	HMS Daring
Class overview
Name	Daring class
Builders	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Havock class
Built	1892–1894
In commission	1895–1912
Completed	2
Lost	1
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	260 long tons (264 t) light; 287.8 long tons (292 t) full load;
Length	185 ft (56 m) oa
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught	7 ft (2.1 m)
Installed power	4,200 hp (3,132 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 2 × water-tube boilers; 2 shafts;
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament	1 × 12 pounder gun; 3 (later 5) × 6 pounder guns; 3 (later 2) × torpedo tubes;

Two Daring-class destroyers were the very first torpedo boat destroyers ("TBDs") to be ordered for the Royal Navy, the order being placed on 27 June 1892.

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