HMS Wallaroo
HMS Wallaroo c. 1902.
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History | |
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Name | list error: <br /> list (help) HMS Persian (1890) HMS Wallaroo (1890–1906, 1920) HMS Wellington (1919–1920) |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear |
Launched | 5 February 1890 |
Fate | sold in February 1920 for breaking up. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Pearl-class cruiser |
Displacement | 2,575 tons |
Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 | 7,500 ihp on forced draught |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots |
Complement | 217 |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 8 x QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 8 x 3-pounder guns |
Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) Deck: 1 - 2 inch Gunshields: 2 inch Conning tower: 3 inch |
HMS Wallaroo was an Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Persian, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 5 February 1890.[2]
Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Wallaroo as part of the Auxilary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891.[2] She was placed into reserve upon arrival until 9 May 1894. She was sent to serve in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. On 7 January 1904 while sailing off Montague Island, one of her boilers exploded killing four and wounding three. She left the Australia Station on 11 January 1906.[2]
She was attached to HMS Indus as a training ship for mechanics at Devonport.[2] She became a guardship in November 1914 and was renamed HMS Wellington in March 1919. She was sold in 1920, as Wallaroo to G. Sharpe for breaking up.[2]
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References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0867773480