An item referred to the magazine Engineering reporting the launching of the British destroyer Janus on 13 March at the shipyard of Shipbuilding and Iron Company of the HH Palmer, the first of three sister ships there to be built. Displacement 280 tons and as dimensions 200’x 19’9”. The armament consisted of 1-12pd quick firing gun on the conning tower, 4-6pd quick firing guns in the sides, 1-6pd quick firing gun aft and 2 torpedo guns. Fitted out with a strong searchlight. The guaranteed speed with the specially designed two sets triple compound steam engines placed in one compartment was 27 miles. The 4 Reeds water tube tubes were divided over two separate watertight compartments.(1)
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1. Laid down on 28 march 1894, launched on 12 March 1895, completed in November 1895 and broken up in 1914. Of the Janus-class consisting of the Janus, Lightning and Porcupine, preceded by the Hardy-class and succeeded by the Salmon-class.
