HMS Janus was the lead ship of the Janus-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1895, served on the Chinese station for much of her career and was sold off in 1912.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Janus
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Laid down	28 March 1894
Launched	12 March 1895
Completed	November 1895
Fate	Scrapped, 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Janus-class destroyer
Displacement	385 long tons (391 t)
Length	204.5 ft (62.3 m)
Beam	19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	3,900 ihp (2,900 kW)
Propulsion	Vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Reed boilers
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Service history

Janus was commissioned at Chatham on 27 March 1900 by Lieutenant Robert Gwynne Corbett,[1] who was in command during her trip to the China station, where she was to serve as tender to HMS Goliath.[2] She served on that station for most of her career.

She underwent repairs to re-tube her Reed boilers in 1902.[3]

Notes

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