HMS Undaunted (1886)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Undaunted.
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Undaunted |
| Builder: | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1885 |
| Launched: | 25 November 1886 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 9 April 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Orlando-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,600 tons |
| Length: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draught: | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
| Installed power: | 5,500 hp (4,100 kW) 8,500 hp (6,300 kW) forced-draught |
| Propulsion: | 3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 4 double-ended boilers |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) natural draught 18 knots (33 km/h) forced draught |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 484 |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Belt: 10 in (250 mm) Conning tower: 12 in (300 mm) |
HMS Undaunted was a ship of the Orlando class of first-class cruisers built in the yards of Palmer and launched on 3 August 1886.
She served two commissions on the China Station. On 25 April1901 she was paid off at Devonport and placed in the Fleet Reserve, where she was prepared to be commissioned as tender to HMS Cambridge, gunnery school ship at the dockyard.[1]
She was sold for scrapping on 9 April 1907 to Harris of Bristol.
Notes
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 26 April 1901. (36439), p. 10.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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