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Wizard as completed

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Conflict	P24, D96, D18		White, Cowes	3.1.1894	13.12.1894	7.1899	sold 5.1920
Teazer			White, Cowes	3.2.1894	9.2.1895	3.1899	sold 7.1912
Wizard	H3C, H7A		White, Cowes	3.4.1894	26.2.1895	7.1899	sold 5.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	320
Displacement full, t	360
Length, m	62.7 oa 61.0 pp
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	2.51
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 4-cyl VTE, 3 White boilers
Power, h. p.	4500
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	coal 67
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4)
Complement	54

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Project history

Before the Havock had completed it was decided to order another six destroyers from Thornycroft and Yarrow. Another nine were ordered from other builders making up, a few months later, the 1893/94 Programme. Apart from a slight increase in size the main difference was that the gun armament was increased by 2 57mm guns. The first six (the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats) had a bow tube fitted, but it was found to throw up clouds of spray in anything except a flat calm, had a bad effect on seakeeping and was soon removed.     These three-funnelled vessels had some difficulty in reaching their contract speed, which explains both their late entry into service and their builder's failure to win any contracts for 30-knotters.     Wizard was unique in having inward turning propellers, which made her very difficult to handle. As one of her captains put it, 'she was notorious amongst destroyers for her contrary ways'.

Modernizations

1900, Wizard: was re-boilered with 3 Admiralty boilers

Naval service

No significant events.