HMS Ringarooma (1889)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Psyche.
Layout of a Pearl-class cruiser from Brassey's Naval Annual, 1897 | |
History | |
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Name: | HMS Psyche |
Builder: | J & G Thomson, Glasgow |
Launched: | 10 December 1889 |
Renamed: | Ringarooma (1890) |
Fate: | Sold in May 1906 for breaking up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Pearl-class cruiser |
Displacement: | 2,575 tons |
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Beam: | 41 ft (12 m)[1] |
Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
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Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Complement: | 217 |
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HMS Ringarooma was a Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Psyche, built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow and launched on 10 December 1889.[2] Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Ringarooma as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was damaged after running aground on a reef at Makelula Island, New Hebrides on 31 August 1894 and was pulled off by the French cruiser Duchaffault.[2] Between 1897 and 1900 she was in reserve at Sydney. On 15 February Captain Frederick St. George Rich was appointed in command.[3] She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £8500 in May 1906 to Forth Shipbreaking Company for breaking up.[2]
Notes
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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