HMS Flora (1893)
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| Name | HMS Flora |
| Builder | Pembroke Dock |
| Launched | 21 November 1893 |
| Commissioned | 24 July 1895[1] |
| Decommissioned | March 1922 |
| Renamed | TS Indus II in April 1915 |
| Fate | Sold 12 December 1922 for breaking up in Dover |
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| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 4,360 long tons (4,430 t) fully loaded |
| Length | 320 ft (98 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft 6 in (15.09 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
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| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) |
| Complement | 44 |
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HMS Flora was an Template:Sclass- of the Royal Navy launched on 21 November 1893.[2] She was constructed under the Naval Defence Act 1889 along with several other Astraea-class cruisers.[3] Flora was decommissioned in 1922.
Operational history
HMS Flora served, under the command of Commodore A. L. Groome, and later of Captain F. S. Pelham, a commission as senior officer´s ship on the South East Coast of America Station until June 1901, when she returned to HMNB Devonport to pay off.[4]
HMS Flora was the subject of a famous salvage operation after running aground in 1903.[5]
In 1914, just prior to the First World War, Flora was placed on the sale list and remained on harbour service for the majority of the conflict. In April 1915 Flora was renamed TS Indus II. She was sold on 12 December 1922 and was broken up at Dover.
References
- ^ The Times (London), Thursday, 25 July 1895, p.10
- ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ^ Historyofwar.org
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36476. London. 8 June 1901. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ Wreckers at Work on H.M.S. Flora, New York Times, 5 December 1903
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.