HMS Thetis (1890)
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Career (UK) |
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Name: |
HMS Apollo |
Launched: |
13 December 1890 |
Fate: |
Deliberately sunk in the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918 |
General characteristics |
Class and type: |
Apollo-class 2nd class protected cruiser |
Displacement: |
3,400 tons |
Length: |
314 ft (95.7 m) |
Beam: |
43 ft (13.1 m) |
Draught: |
17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
Propulsion: |
Twin triple-expansion coal-fired steam engines, 7,000 indicated hp (5 MW), twin screws |
Speed: |
18.5 knots (34 km/h) maximum |
Complement: |
273 to 300 (Officers and Men) |
Armament: |
As built:
Converted pre-1914 to a lightly armed minelayer. |
Armour: |
1.3 to 2 in (33 to 51 mm) deck, no belt |
HMS Thetis was an Apollo-class 2nd class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 December 1890. Her first significant mission was service in the Bering Sea Patrol with American warships in a combined effort to suppress poaching in the Bering Sea. The latter half of her career was spent as a mine-layer. Laden with concrete she was deliberately sunk in attempt to block the canal in the Zeebrugge Raid during the First World War, on 23 April 1918.