HMS Mohawk (1886)


HMS Mohawk anchored in Sydney Harbour in 1897.
Career
Name: HMS Mohawk
Builder: J. & G. Thompson, Glasgow
Laid down: 2 March 1885
Launched: 6 February 1886
Fate: sold to Garnham for breaking up at Chatham on 4 April 1905.
General characteristics
Class and type: Archer-class torpedo cruiser
Notes:

HMS Mohawk was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 6 February 1886.[1]

Commenced service on the Australia Station in December 1897. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, she escorted the New South Wales Naval Brigade to Peking before commencing service on the China Station.[1] She returned to England in 1905 and was sold to Garnham for £4850 for breaking up at Chatham on 4 April.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Bastock, p.108.

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