HMS Hazard (1894)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hazard.
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Name | Hazard |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | 1 December 1892 |
Launched | 14 February 1894 |
Commissioned | 24 July 1895 |
Fate | Sunk in collision on 28 January 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
Displacement | 1,070 tons |
Length | 262 ft 6 in (80.0 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Installed power | 3,500 ihp (2,600 kW) |
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Speed | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) |
Complement | 120 |
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The sixth HMS Hazard was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1894 and was converted into the world's first submarine depot ship in 1901. She collided with the submarine A3 on 2 February 1912, killing 14 men, and was herself sunk in collision with SS Western Australia on 28 January 1918.