HMS Dido (1896)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dido.
_IWM_Q_038654.jpg) Dido at anchor during World War I | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Dido |
| Namesake: | Dido |
| Builder: | London & Glasgow Shipbuilding, Govan |
| Laid down: | 30 August 1894 |
| Launched: | 20 March 1896 |
| Completed: | 10 May 1898 |
| Reclassified: | As depot ship, 1912 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 26 December 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Eclipse-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) |
| Length: | 350 ft (106.7 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Installed power: | 9,600 ihp (7,200 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
| Complement: | 450 |
| Armament: | As built: 5 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 6 × 3-pounder QF guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes After 1905: 11 × six-inch QF guns 9 × 12-pounder QF guns 7 × 3-pounder QF guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm) Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) |
HMS Dido was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.
Operational history
Captain Philip F. Tillard was appointed in command on 20 January 1900,[1] when the Dido served at the China Station. In October 1901 she left Hong Kong homebound,[2] arriving at Sheerness 14 December.[3] She paid off at Chatham on 11 January 1902 and was placed in the Fleet Reserve as emergency ship.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 26 January 1900. (36049), p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 31 October 1901. (36600), p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 16 December 1901. (36639), p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 28 December 1901. (36650), p. 9.
References
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- McBride, Keith (2012). "The Cruiser Family Talbot". In John Jordan. Warship 2012. London: Conway. pp. 136–41. ISBN 978-1-84486-156-9.