The destroyer HMS Hotspur (H 01) of the Royal Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1340 BRT |
| Length | 323 feet (oa) |
| Complement | 145 men |
| Armament | 4 4.7" guns (4x1) 2 .5" AA (2x4) 8 21" torpedo tubes (2x4) |
| Max speed | 36 knots |
| Engines | Geared turbines, 2 shafts |
| Power | 34000 HP |
| Notes on class | The specifications as listed above are for the 'normal' H-class destroyers. HMS Hardy was fitted as flotilla leader and had some different specifications; Displacement: 1455 BRT Complement: 175 men Lenght: 337 feet (oa) Armament: 5 4.7" guns (5x1) 8 .5" AA (2x4) 8 21" torpedo tubes (2x4) Speed: 36 knots Power: 38000 HP HMS Hardy was a basically a repeat Grenville with a tripod foremast. The H-class destroyers were repeat of the G-class. HMS Hero and HMS Hereward were fitted with a new style of bridge. Upon completion Hereward was fitted with an experimental twin 4.7" gun mounting in 'B'-position. This gun mounting was replaced by two single 4.7" guns, like in her sister ships, before the war. |
Royal Navy ships of the H class
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| HMS Hasty (H 24) | Lost on 15 Jun 1942 | |
| HMS Havock (H 43) | Lost on 6 Apr 1942 | |
 | HMS Hereward (H 93) | Lost on 29 May 1941 |
| | HMS Hero (H 99) (Became the Canadian destroyer Chaudiere) | |
| | HMS Hostile (H 55) | Lost on 23 Aug 1940 |
| | HMS Hotspur (H 01) | |
| | HMS Hunter (i) (H 35) | Lost on 10 Apr 1940 |
| HMS Hyperion (H 97) | Lost on 22 Dec 1940 | |
Flotilla leader | ||
| | HMS Hardy (i) (H 87) | Lost on 10 Apr 1940 |
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