HMS Charger (1894)

	Plans for the Charger class
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Charger
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Poplar, London
Laid down	November 1893
Launched	15 September 1894
Completed	February 1896
Fate	Scrapped, 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Charger-class destroyer
Displacement	255 long tons (259 t)
Length	195 ft (59 m)
Beam	18.5 ft (5.6 m)
Draught	7.25 ft (2.2 m)
Propulsion	vertical triple-expansion steam engines; Coal-fired Normand boilers; 3,800 hp (2,834 kW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Charger was a Charger-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Poplar, London on 15 September 1894, served in home waters and was sold off in 1912.

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