HMS Porpoise (1886)
HMS Porpoise was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 7 May 1886.[1]
HMS Porpoise anchored in Sydney Harbour in 1900. | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS Porpoise |
Builder: | J. & G. Thompson, Glasgow |
Launched: | 7 May 1886 |
Fate: | sold on 10 February 1905 for breaking up at Bombay. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Archer-class torpedo cruiser |
Notes: |
Commenced service on the Australia Station in December 1897. During the Samoan civil unrest in 1899, she took part in operations with HMS Royalist and HMS Tauranga.[1] She left the Australia Station and was paid off at Portsmouth 20 May 1901.[2] She was sold at Bombay on 10 February 1905.[1]
Commanding officers
- Commander A. H. D. Ravenhill – until May 1901[3]
Citations
- Bastock, p.108.
- "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36460). London. 21 May 1901. p. 11.
- "Naval and Military intelligence". The Times (36391). London. 1 March 1901. p. 11.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
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