HMS Ringarooma

HMS Ringarooma was a Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Psyche, built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow and launched on 10 December 1889.[2] Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Ringarooma as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was damaged after running aground on a reef at Makelula Island, New Hebrides on 31 August 1894 and was pulled off by the French cruiser Duchaffault.[2] Between 1897 and 1900 she was in reserve at Sydney. On 15 February Captain Frederick St. George Rich was appointed in command.[3] She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £8500 in May 1906 to Forth Shipbreaking Company for breaking up.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Psyche.
Painting of HMS Ringarooma c. 1891
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Psyche
Builder: J & G Thomson, Glasgow
Launched: 10 December 1889
Renamed: Ringarooma (1890)
Fate: Sold in May 1906 for breaking up
General characteristics
Class and type: Pearl-class cruiser
Displacement: 2,575 tons
Length:
  • 278 ft (85 m) oa
  • 256 ft (78 m) pp[1]
Beam: 41 ft (12 m)[1]
Draught: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power:
  • 4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers
  • 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) on forced draught
Propulsion:
  • 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 screws[1]
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
Complement: 217
Armament:
Armour:
  • Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
  • Gunshields: 2 in (51 mm)
  • Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

Notes
  1. Winfield (2004) p. 276
  2. Bastock 1988, pp. 102–103.
  3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36056). London. 3 February 1900. p. 14.

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