HMS Gibraltar (1892)
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 HMS Gibraltar |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Gibraltar |
| Builder: | Napier, Glasgow |
| Laid down: | December 2, 1889 |
| Launched: | April 27, 1892 |
| Reclassified: | Depot ship 1914 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up September 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 7,770 tons |
| Length: | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 12,000hp |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 544 |
| Armament: | 2 x 9.2in gun 10 x 6in guns 12 x 6pdr guns 4 x 14in torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Steel: 3" to 5" decks 6" casemates 3" 9.2" gun shields 2" to 7" ammunition hoists 12" conning tower |
HMS Gibraltar, was an Edgar class cruiser launched in 1892 for service in the Royal Navy. She was built and engineered by Messrs Napier of Glasgow. Of 7,700 loaded displacement, she was coal-fired with four double-ended cylindrical boilers driving two shafts. She could make 20 knots with forced draught and 18 knots with natural draught. She was a very good sea boat and an exceptional steamer. Future First Sea Lord John H. D. Cunningham served aboard her as a midshipman.
During her early career she served mainly on foreign stations. Despite her obsolescence, she saw service in World War I, first with the 10th Cruiser Squadron on Northern Patrol and from 1915 as a depot ship for this group, based in the Shetland Islands.
Gibraltar was sold in 1923.
[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.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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