HMS Bruizer was an Ardent-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy, launched on 27 February 1895 by John Thornycroft at Chiswick. The vessel measured approximately 201 feet 8 inches in overall length and 19 feet in beam, with a draught of about 7 feet 3¼ inches. Displacing around 245 long tons when light and 301 long tons at full load, she was powered by two four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines generating 4,200 indicated horsepower, fed by three Thornycroft water-tube boilers. The ship featured two funnels and was designed to reach a trial speed of 27 knots, which she successfully achieved during sea trials, reaching 27.97 knots over a three-hour run. Her armament varied depending on her role, but as a torpedo boat destroyer, she was equipped with a single QF 12-pounder gun on a platform that also served as her bridge, complemented by three 6-pounder guns and two 18-inch torpedo tubes. The ship's complement was initially 45 officers and men, though in practice, 53 crew members served aboard her. Constructed as Yard number 299 at Thornycroft's Chiswick yard, Bruizer was laid down in April 1894 and launched in early 1895. After sea trials in March 1895, she was completed by June of that year. She participated in the 1896 British naval manoeuvres and was shortly thereafter assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron, where she served for several years. Notably, in April 1907, she rescued the crew of the grounded destroyer Ariel outside Valletta, Malta. In her later service, HMS Bruizer returned to home waters in 1911, joining the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in 1912, and later operating with a submarine flotilla at Lamlash through 1913. She was eventually sold for scrap to John Cashmore Ltd in May 1914, marking the end of her service. Her career reflects the evolution and deployment of early British destroyers at the turn of the 20th century, playing a role in Mediterranean operations and fleet exercises.

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