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'''HMS ''Archer''''', was an {{sclass-|Archer|torpedo cruiser|0}} [[torpedo cruiser]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ''Archer'' was laid down in 1885 and came into service on 11 December 1888.<ref name="naval">[http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/222745x53053/8330/a0.htm HMS ''Archer'' at Naval History]</ref> She served on the Australia Station from 7 September 1900 until 5 December 1903. She was decommissioned in 1905 and sold in April 1905 for £4,800 to Forrester, Swansea for scrap.<ref>Bastock p.122</ref> |
'''HMS ''Archer''''', was an {{sclass-|Archer|torpedo cruiser|0}} [[torpedo cruiser]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ''Archer'' was laid down in 1885 and came into service on 11 December 1888.<ref name="naval">[http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/222745x53053/8330/a0.htm HMS ''Archer'' at Naval History]</ref> ''Archer'' served on the [[Cape of Good Hope Station|Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station]] from 1889 to 1890.<ref name="nmm">{{cite web|url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_v.pdf|title=NMM, vessel ID 380068|work=Warship Histories, vol v|publisher=[[National Maritime Museum]]|accessdate=4 October 2015}}</ref> She served on the Australia Station from 7 September 1900 until 5 December 1903. She was decommissioned in 1905 and sold in April 1905 for £4,800 to Forrester, Swansea for scrap.<ref>Bastock p.122</ref> |
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HMS Archer c.1888
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Name | HMS Archer |
Builder | J & G Thomson, Glasgow |
Yard number | 226 |
Launched | 23 December 1885 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement | 1770 tons |
Length | 140 ft (43 m) |
Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
Installed power | 2500 ihp (increased to 4,500 with forced draught) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Twin 2-cylinder compound steam engines Four boilers Twin screws |
Speed | 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
Complement | 176 men |
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HMS Archer, was an Template:Sclass- torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy. Archer was laid down in 1885 and came into service on 11 December 1888.[1] Archer served on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station from 1889 to 1890.[2] She served on the Australia Station from 7 September 1900 until 5 December 1903. She was decommissioned in 1905 and sold in April 1905 for £4,800 to Forrester, Swansea for scrap.[3]
Citations
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 380068" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol v. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ Bastock p.122
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0