 Challenger
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Challenger |
| Builder | HM Dockyard Chatham |
| Laid down | 1 December 1900 |
| Launched | 27 May 1902 |
| Christened | Mrs. Eva Holland |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Fate | Broken up for scrap in 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Challenger-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,900 tons |
| Length | 355 ft (108.2 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17.1 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m) |
| Propulsion | 12,500 horsepower |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Armament |
|
HMS Challenger was a second-class protected cruiser of the Challenger-class of the Royal Navy.
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/3Views:10 037 670463711
-
In Search of Souls (Inside the MV St. Thomas Aquinas- Bodies Recovery Operation)
-
Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)
-
Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy
Transcription
Construction
Challenger was designed by Sir William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, and was built at the Chatham Dockyard, where she was laid down on 1 December 1900.[1] She was launched there on 27 May 1902, when she was named by Eva Holland, wife of Rear-Admiral S. C. Holland, Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard.[2]
Her machinery was made by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, and there were 12 boilers of the Babcock & Wilcox type.[1]
Service history
Challenger was commissioned by Captain F.C.T. Tudor, R.N., on 3 May 1904,[3] and commenced duty on the Australia Station in July 1904 as recruit training ship.[4][5] She was paid off into reserve on 10 October 1912 before recommissioning during the First World War. She initially served as part of the Ninth Cruiser Squadron off West Africa before serving in East African waters. She was sold in 1920 and was broken up for scrap.
Notes
- ^ a b "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36778. London. 27 May 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence - Float-out of the Challenger". The Times. No. 36779. London. 28 May 1902. p. 9.
- ^ Sheerness Times (Saturday, 7 May 1904), p. 7.
- ^ Evening News (Sydney) (Saturday, 23 July 1904), p. 6.
- ^ Bastock, p.128-130.
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
External links
Media related to HMS Challenger (ship, 1902) at Wikimedia Commons
 Royal Navy | |
|---|---|
 Royal Australian Navy | |
| |
 | This World War I article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This page was last edited on 4 December 2023, at 08:21