HMS Endymion (1891)
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HMS Endymion
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| Name: | HMS Endymion |
| Namesake: | Endymion |
| Builder: | C & W Earle, Hull |
| Laid down: | 21 November 1889 |
| Launched: | 22 July 1891 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 16 March 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Edgar-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,350 tons |
| Length: | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
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HMS Endymion was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and later in the First World War, and was sold in 1920.
Construction
Endymion had a length of 387 feet 6 inches (118.11 m) long overall and 360 feet (109.73 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 60 feet (18.29 m) and a draught of 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 m). She displaced 7,350 long tons (7,470 t).[1] Armament consisted of two 9.2 inch guns, on the ships centreline, backed up by ten six-inch guns, of which four were in casemates on the main deck and the remainder behind open shields. Twelve 6-pounder and four 3-pounder guns provided anti-torpedo-boat defences, while four 18 inch torpedo tubes were fitted.[1]
The Edgars were protected cruisers, with an arched, armoured deck 5–3 inches (127–76 mm) thick at about waterline level. The casemate armour was 6 inches (152 mm) thick, with 3 inches (76 mm) thick shields for the 9.2 inch guns and 10 inches (254 mm) armour on the ship's conning tower.[1][2] It contained four double-ended cylindrical Fairfields boilers feeding steam at 150 pounds per square inch (1,000 kPa) to 2 three-cylinder triple expansion engines,[3] which drove two shafts. This gave 12,000 indicated horsepower (8,900 kW) under forced draught, giving a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).[1]
Service details
Endymion was launched on 22 July 1891.
She took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in China, during which time future rear admiral and VC recipient Eric Gascoigne Robinson served aboard her. Captain Alfred Paget was appointed in command in February 1901, and in December 1901 she visited Manila, where the Governor and US officers hosted the crew, including many with whom they had served together during the rebellion.[4] She was ordered home in late May 1902,[5] stopping in Singapore on 22 June,[6] before she returned the following month.
She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, and was sold for breaking up at Cardiff on 16 March 1920.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 66.
- ↑ Brown 2003, pp. 132–134.
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- ↑ "Naval and Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 December 1901. (36640), p. 5.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 19 May 1902. (36771), p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 25 June 1902. (36803), p. 11.
References
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- 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
External links
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Transcription of ship's logbooks December 1913 to December 1914
