Daring class destroyer (1893)

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Two Daring class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. HMS Daring and HMS Decoy were both built by Thornycroft, displaced 260 tons and were 185 feet in length. They were armed with one twelve pounder gun and 2 torpedo tubes in the bow. They produced 4,200 hp from their Thornycroft boilers, giving them a top speed of 27 knots. In common with other early Thornycroft boats, they had sloping sterns and double rudders.