HMS Aurora (1887)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Aurora |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | February 1, 1886 |
| Launched: | October 28, 1887 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up October 2, 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,600 tons |
| Length: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draught: | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 4 double-ended boilers 5,500 hp 8,500 hp forced-draught |
| Speed: | 17 knots natural draught 18 knots forced draught |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 484 |
| Armament: | 2 × 9.2 in (234 mm) guns (2 x 1)BL 10 x 6 in (152 mm) guns (10 x 1) BL 6 × 6 pdr guns (6 × 1) QF 10 × 3 pdr guns (10 × 1) QF 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes: 4 above-water broadside 1 bow and 1 stern submerged |
| Armour: | 10 in (254 mm) belt 12 in (304.8 mm) conning tower |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Aurora.
HMS Aurora was a ship of the Orlando-class of first-class cruisers built in the yards at Pembroke Dock and launched on October 28, 1887. She was sold for scrapping on October 2, 1907 to Payton of Milford Haven.
This ship took part in the Boxer rebellion in 1901, under the command of Captain Edward Henry Bayly, RN.
[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.
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