HMS Hyacinth (1898)
HMS Hyacinth circa. 1915
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Hyacinth |
Builder | London & Glasgow Shipbuilding, Govan |
Laid down | 21 January 1897 |
Launched | 27 October 1898 |
Christened | Mrs. Richmond |
Completed | 3 September 1900 |
Decommissioned | August 1919 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 11 October 1923 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Highflyer-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 5,650 long tons (5,740 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 54 ft (16.5 m) |
Draught | 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 470 |
Armament |
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Armour |
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HMS Hyacinth was one of three
Design and description
Hyacinth was designed to
Her main armament consisted of 11
The ship's protective deck armour ranged in thickness from 1.5 to 3 inches (38 to 76 mm). The engine hatches were protected by 5-inch (127 mm) of armour. The main guns were fitted with 3-inch gun shields and the conning tower had armour 6 inches thick.[1]
Construction and service
Hyacinth was
She returned home in March 1911 for a refit at
Shortly before the beginning of the war,
On 14 April Hyacinth intercepted the captured British merchantman SS Rubens making an attempt to deliver supplies to German East Africa. The cruiser spotted her bound for Tanga, but was not able to board and capture her when one engine broke down.[12] Rubens was scuttled in shallow water in Manza Bay, out of sight of Hyacinth, which believed that shelling had set her afire, though this was a ruse by the crew, who had laid inflammable material on deck and retired to the shore. The fire was too hot for her cargo to be salvaged when Hyacinth's crew approached the stranded ship. The Germans, however, were able to salvage all the arms and ammunition cargo after the fire had burnt out.[12][13]
Hyacinth remained on the Cape Station until the end of the war. On 23 March 1916 she sank the German merchant ship
Notes
- ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 79
- ^ a b Friedman 2012, p. 336
- ^ Friedman 2011, p. 87
- ^ Friedman 2012, p. 171
- ^ Friedman 2011, pp. 87–88
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 35659. London. 28 October 1898. p. 9.
- ^ "The Coronation - Naval Review". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
- ^ a b c Gardiner & Gray, p. 16
- ^ "The capture of the forts at Illig from the Mad Mullah, 21 April 1904", Paul G Lane. Orders & Medals Research Society Journal (Volume 59, number 2) June 2020. pp 152-156.
- ^ Corbett, Vol. I, pp. 152, 264
- ^ Corbett, Vol. II, pp. 234–35, 238–39
- ^ a b Corbett, Vol. III, pp. 8–9; Newbolt, Vol. IV, p. 80
- ^ Stacke, Vol I, p. 154
- ^ "No. 30581". The London Gazette. 15 March 1918. p. 3395.
- ^ "Edwin Rowland Moon 1886 – 1920". Hampshire County Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Bridgeman, Richard Orlando Beaconsfield". CWGC. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Colledge, p. 169
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- ISBN 0-89839-256-X.
- ISBN 1-870423-74-7.
- ISBN 1-870423-50-X.
- Friedman, Norman (2012). British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-59114-068-9.
- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Goldrick, James (1984). The King's Ships Were at Sea: The War in the North Sea August 1914–February 1915. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-334-2.
- Newbolt, Henry (1996). Naval Operations. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. IV (reprint of the 1928 ed.). Nashville, Tennessee: Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-253-5.
- Stacke, H. FitzM. (1941). Hordern, Charles (ed.). Military Operations: East Africa · Volume 1. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 154. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- "Transcript: HMS HYACINTH - January 1914 to December 1916, Cape of Good Hope Station (Part 1 of 2)". Royal Navy Log Books of the World War 1 Era. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
Further reading
- "The Boiler Trials of H.M.S. "Hyacinth" and H.M.S. "Minerva"" (PDF). Engineering. 30 August 1901. pp. 283–285.
External links
- Media related to HMS Hyacinth (ship, 1898) at Wikimedia Commons
- Highflyer class in World War I
- History of HMS Hyacinth
- HMS Hyacinth