HMS Argonaut (1898)
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 HMS Argonaut |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Argonaut |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Launched: | January 24, 1898 |
| Reclassified: | Hospital ship at Portsmouth 1915 Accommodation ship 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up May 18, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,000 tons |
| Length: | 435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (141.0 m) o/a) |
| Beam: | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp |
| Speed: | 20 - 20.5 knots |
| Complement: | 760 |
| Armament: | 16 x single BL 6-inch Mark VII guns 14 x single QF 12-pounder guns 3 x single QF 3-pounder guns 2 x 18-inch torpedo tubes<as Minelayer: 4 x 6-inch guns 1 x 12-pounder gun 354 mines |
| Armour: | 6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Argonaut.
HMS Argonaut was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan and launched on January 24, 1898. During the First World War she was part of the Ninth Cruiser Squadron, operating in the Atlantic. In 1915 she was converted to a hospital ship in Portsmouth and in 1918, to an accommodation ship. She was sold to Ward of Milford Haven on May 18, 1920 and arrived there for breaking up on September 4, 1921
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk
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