HMS_Porpoise_(1886)

HMS <i>Porpoise</i> (1886)

HMS Porpoise (1886)

Cruiser of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Porpoise.

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]

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HMS Porpoise, date of photo unknown

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]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Bastock, p.108.
  2. [2]
    "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36460. London. 21 May 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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