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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> |
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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"/> |
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"/> |
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HMS Wallaroo c. 1902.
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Name |
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Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear |
Laid down | 15 August 1888 |
Launched | 5 February 1890 |
Completed | 27 January 1891 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, February 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pearl-class cruiser |
Displacement | 2,575 tons |
Length | |
Beam | 41 ft (12 m)[1] |
Draught | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 × screws; 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines[1] |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 210 |
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HMS Wallaroo was a Pearl-class cruiser built for 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 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 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.[4] 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. 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.