Two Hardy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. HMS Hardy and HMS Haughty were both built by Doxford, ordered on 3 November 1893. They were fitted with 8 Yarrow boilers. They displaced 260 tons, were 196 feet long and were armed with one twelve pounder quick-firing gun mounted forward and five 6-pounder guns, mounted on the broadside and aft, and two torpedo tubes on a revolving mount. They carried 53 officers and men, and served in home waters (although Hardy was briefly in the Mediterranean in 1900) before being sold off in 1911 and 1912 respectively.

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Class overview
Name	Hardy class
Builders	William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Charger class
Succeeded by	Janus class
Built	1895
In commission	1895–1912
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement	260 long tons (264 t) (light); 325 long tons (330 t) (full load)
Length	200 ft 3 in (61.04 m) (overall); 196 ft (60 m) (between perpendiculars)
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	2 sets vertical triple expansion engines; 8 Yarrow boilers
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	53
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun 5 x 6-pounder guns 2 × torpedo tubes

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