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HMS Porpoise (1886)

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HMS Porpoise Sydney 1900 AWM 302239.jpeg
HMS Porpoise anchored in Sydney Harbour in 1900.
History
Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Porpoise
BuilderJ. & G. Thompson, Glasgow
Launched7 May 1886
FateSold on 10 February 1905 for breaking up at Bombay.
General characteristics
Class & type Archer-class torpedo cruiser
Notes Archer class cruiser diagrams Brasseys 1888.jpg

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]

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] After a refit at Sheerness, she joined the A Division of the Medway Fleet Reserve in February 1903. [3] She was sold at Bombay on 10 February 1905. [1]

HMS Porpoise, date of photo unknown HMS Porpoise NH 57870.jpg
HMS Porpoise, date of photo unknown

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Bastock, p.108.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36460. London. 21 May 1901. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36997. London. 6 February 1903. p. 8.

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