HMS Archer (1885)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Archer.
HMS Archer c.1888
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Archer
Builder: J & G Thomson, Glasgow
Yard number: 226
Launched: 23 December 1885
General characteristics
Class and type:Archer-class torpedo cruiser
Displacement:1770 tons
Length:140 ft (43 m)
Beam:36 ft (11 m)
Draught:13.5 ft (4.1 m)
Installed power:2500 ihp (increased to 4,500 with forced draught)
Propulsion:Twin 2-cylinder compound steam engines
Four boilers
Twin screws
Speed:17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
Range:7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement:176 men
Armament:
  • Six 6-inch (5 ton) guns
  • Eight 3-pounder QF guns
  • Two machine guns
  • One light gun
  • One 14-inch torpedo tube
  • Four torpedo carriages
Armour:
  • 3/8-inch deck
  • 1-inch gunshields
  • 3-inch conning tower

HMS Archer, was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy. Archer was laid down in 1885 and came into service on 11 December 1888.[1] She served on the Australia Station from 7 September 1900 until 5 December 1903. She was decommissioned in 1905 and sold in April 1905 for £4,800 to Forrester, Swansea for scrap.[2]

Citations

  1. ↑ HMS Archer at Naval History
  2. ↑ Bastock p.122

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