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'''HMS ''Wallaroo''''' was a {{sclass-|Pearl|cruiser}} built for the [[Royal Navy]], originally named '''HMS ''Persian''''', built by [[Armstrong Whitworth]], [[Elswick, Tyne and Wear]] and launched on 5 February 1890.<ref name="Bastock">Bastock 1988, pp. 103–104.</ref>
'''HMS ''Wallaroo''''' was a {{sclass|Pearl|cruiser}} built for the [[Royal Navy]], originally named '''HMS ''Persian''''', built by [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong, Mitchell]], [[Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne]] and launched on 5 February 1890.<ref name="Bastock">Bastock 1988, pp. 103–104.</ref>


Renamed on 2 April 1890, as ''Wallaroo'' as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the [[Australia Station]]. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891.<ref name="Bastock"/> 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 (Australia)|Montague Island]],one of her boilers exploded killing four and wounding three. She left the Australia Station on 11 January 1906.<ref name="Bastock"/>
Renamed on 2 April 1890, as ''Wallaroo'' as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the [[Australia Station]]. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891.<ref name="Bastock"/> 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 6 January 1904 while sailing off [[Montague Island (Australia)|Montague Island]], one of her boilers exploded killing four and wounding three. She left the Australia Station on 11 January 1906.<ref name="Bastock"/>


She was attached to {{HMS|Indus|shore establishment 1906|6}} as a training ship for mechanics at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport]].<ref name="Bastock"/> She became a [[guard ship]] at [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]] in November 1914.
She was attached to {{HMS|Indus|shore establishment 1906|6}} as a training ship for mechanics at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport]].<ref name="Bastock"/> She became a [[guard ship]] at [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]] in November 1914.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osborne |first1=Mike |title=If the Kaiser Comes – Defence Against A German Invasion of Britain in the First World War |date=2017 |publisher=Fonthill Media Limited |location=England |isbn=9781781555750 |pages=96}}</ref>
She was then stationed off Brightlingsea, Essex, as the base ship for the boom and net-protected Swin Anchorage, returning to Chatham in 1916. Her captain was then Cdr Ingham, with Rear-Admiral Charles Napier as overall commander of the Brightlingsea naval base also named "Wallaroo". She was often overflown by raiding Zeppelins and once fired on one. She was renamed HMS ''Wallington'' in March 1919.<ref>''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=V2r_TBjR2TYC&pg=PA14 p. 14]</ref> She was sold in 1920, as ''Wallaroo'' to G. Sharpe for breaking up.<ref name="Bastock"/>
She was then stationed off Brightlingsea, Essex, as the base ship for the boom and net-protected Swin Anchorage, returning to Chatham in 1916. Her captains between late 1914 and 1916 included Commanders Calderon, Ingham, and West, with Rear-Admiral Charles Napier as overall commander of the Brightlingsea naval base also named "Wallaroo". The ship was often overflown by raiding Zeppelins and once fired on one. She was renamed HMS ''Wallington'' in March 1919.<ref>''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=V2r_TBjR2TYC&pg=PA14 p. 14]</ref> She was sold in 1920, as ''Wallaroo'' to G. Sharpe for breaking up.<ref name="Bastock"/>


[[File:Pearl class cruiser diagram Brasseys 1897.jpg|thumb|none|A ''Pearl''-class cruiser from ''Brassey's Naval Annual'', 1897]]
[[File:Pearl class cruiser diagram Brasseys 1897.jpg|thumb|none|A ''Pearl''-class cruiser from ''Brassey's Naval Annual'', 1897]]
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==References==
==References==
*{{cite book|last=Bastock|first=John|title=Ships on the Australia Station|year=1988|publisher=Child & Associates|location=Frenchs Forest, Australia|isbn=0-86777-348-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Bastock|first=John|title=Ships on the Australia Station|year=1988|publisher=Child & Associates|location=Frenchs Forest, Australia|isbn=0-86777-348-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Brook|first=Peter|title=Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867 – 1927|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent, UK|year=1999|isbn=0-905617-89-4}}
*{{cite book|last=Brook|first=Peter|title=Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867–1927|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent, UK|year=1999|isbn=0-905617-89-4}}
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*Gardiner, Robert, ed. ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. {{ISBN|0-87021-907-3}}.
*Foynes "Brightlingsea & the Great War", citing HMS Wallaroo ship's logs, Brightingsea 1914-18 base records, and Admiralty Telegrams at National Archives, Kew.
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*Gardiner, Robert, ed. ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. {{ISBN|0-87021-907-3}}.
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*{{winfield}}


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Latest revision as of 22:42, 12 May 2023

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Persian.
HMS Wallaroo on the Brisbane River
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • HMS Persian (1890)
  • HMS Wallaroo (1890–1906, 1920)
  • HMS Wallington (1919–1920)
BuilderArmstrong, Mitchell, Elswick
Laid down15 August 1888
Launched5 February 1890
Completed27 January 1891
FateSold for scrap, February 1920
General characteristics
Class and typePearl-class cruiser
Displacement2,575 tons
Length
  • 278 ft (84.7 m) (oa)
  • 265 ft (80.8 m) (pp)[1]
Beam41 ft (12 m)[1]
Draught15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws; 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines[1]
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement210
Armament
Armour

HMS Wallaroo was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Persian, built by Armstrong, Mitchell, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne and launched on 5 February 1890.[2]

Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Wallaroo as part of the Auxiliary 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 6 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 guard ship at Chatham in November 1914.[3] She was then stationed off Brightlingsea, Essex, as the base ship for the boom and net-protected Swin Anchorage, returning to Chatham in 1916. Her captains between late 1914 and 1916 included Commanders Calderon, Ingham, and West, with Rear-Admiral Charles Napier as overall commander of the Brightlingsea naval base also named "Wallaroo". The ship was often overflown by raiding Zeppelins and once fired on one. She was renamed HMS Wallington in March 1919.[4] She was sold in 1920, as Wallaroo to G. Sharpe for breaking up.[2]

A Pearl-class cruiser from Brassey's Naval Annual, 1897

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Winfield, p. 276
  2. ^ a b c d e Bastock 1988, pp. 103–104.
  3. ^ Osborne, Mike (2017). If the Kaiser Comes – Defence Against A German Invasion of Britain in the First World War. England: Fonthill Media Limited. p. 96. ISBN 9781781555750.
  4. ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, p. 14

References[edit]

  • Bastock, John (1988). Ships on the Australia Station. Frenchs Forest, Australia: Child & Associates. ISBN 0-86777-348-0.
  • Brook, Peter (1999). Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867–1927. Gravesend, Kent, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-89-4.
  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (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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