HMS Pylades (1884)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Pylades.
_AWM_302246.jpeg) HMS Pylades anchored at Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip c. 1895. | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Pylades |
| Namesake: | Pylades |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 1 January 1883 |
| Launched: | 5 November 1884 |
| Commissioned: | 17 November 1884 |
| Fate: | Sold on 3 April 1906 for breaking up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Satellite-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,420 tons |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) pp |
| Beam: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)[1] |
| Installed power: | 1,470 ihp (1,096 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sail plan: | Barque-rigged |
| Range: | Approximately 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1] |
| Complement: | 170-200 |
| Armament: | |
| Armour: | Internal steel deck over machinery and magazines |
HMS Pylades was an Satellite-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 5 November 1884.[3] She was later reclassified as a corvette and was the last corvette built for the Royal Navy until the Second World War.
Initially on service with the North America and West Indies Station, she commenced service on the Australia Station in November 1894. She left the Australia Station on 29 January 1905.[3] She was sold to Cohen of Felixstowe for breaking on 3 April 1906.[3]
Citations
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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