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|name=Hart
|launch=27 Mar, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 92}}
|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 92}}
|laid=7 Jun, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 92}}
|fate=Broken up
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'''H.M.S. ''Hart''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, a broad meta-class of early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.

She was broken up before the war.

==Service==

''Hart'' arrived at Singapore in early December, 1896 in company with {{UK-1Centurion}}, the T.B.Ds. {{UK-Handy}} and {{UK-Alacrity}} and the {{UK-2Porpoise|f=t}}.{{NMI|Wednesday, Dec 02, 1896; pg. 12; Issue 35063}}  By the nineteenth, the ships had moved on for Hong Kong, less ''Alacrity''.{{NMI|Saturday, Dec 19, 1896; pg. 12; Issue 35078}}

In July, 1904, complaints from {{ViceRN}} [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Selborne]].  Within, it was noted that ''Hart'''s boilers had last been re-tubed in 1898, but that a form S.355 dated April 1904 stated they had another 21 months life left in them.<ref>Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (NOE/5/2).</ref>

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt|appt=14 January, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 10 January, 1896.  Issue '''34783''', col D, p. 8.</ref><ref>Trywhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=18 August, 1896|precBy=New Command|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hastings Frank Shakespear|nick=Hastings F. Shakespear|appt=18 August, 1896<ref>Shakespear Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/5.|}} f. 4.</ref>|end=15 September, 1898<ref>Shakespear Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/5.|}} f. 4.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=15 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 255}}<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=January, 1899<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}}  f. 90.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Garnet Armstrong|nick=John G. Armstrong|appt=21 June, 1900<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602489}} f. 160.  This is noted in the lower comments field.</ref>|end=after 27 July, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=November, 1900<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/141.}}  f. 206.  This is noted in the sidebar.</ref>|end=c. 1 January, 1901{{INF}}|note=temporary, by order of C-in-C}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Cecil Hardy|nick=George C. Hardy|appt=15 January, 1901{{NLMar01|p. 262}}|end=1 April, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Allan Gregory|nick=John A. Gregory|appt=8 September, 1903<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>|end=28 October, 1903<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Spencer Reginald Strettell Richards|nick=Spencer R. S. Richards|appt=15 October, 1904{{NLDec05|p. 323}}|end=28 October, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Spencer Reginald Strettell Richards|nick=Spencer R. S. Richards|appt=6 December, 1905|end=23 January, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|nick=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|appt=23 January, 1906<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>|ass=10 February, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 324}}|end=1 March, 1907<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (I)|name=Gerald Charles Dickens|nick=Gerald C. Dickens|appt=26 March, 1907<ref>Dickens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=26 February, 1909<ref>Dickens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 138.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hubert Seeds Monroe|nick=Hubert S. Monroe|appt=26 February, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 324}}<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=1 April, 1911<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Guy Stopford|nick=The Hon. Guy Stopford|appt=1 April, 1911<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/138.|D7604237}} f. 75.</ref>{{NLJan12|p. 322}}|end=late 1911<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/138.|D7604237}} f. 75.</ref>{{INF}}|note=and in command of {{UK-Handy}}}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hart_(1895)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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