HMS Mutine (1900)
 HMS Mutine at Hobart in 1904
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Mutine |
| Builder | Laird Brothers & Co, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 635[1] |
| Laid down | 1898[1] |
| Launched | 1 March 1900 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Condor-class sloop |
| Displacement | 980 tons |
| Length | |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m)[Note 1] |
| Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Installed power | 1,400 hp (1,044 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged, changed to barquentine-rigged, later removed |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h) under power |
| Endurance | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 120-130 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Protective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1+1⁄2 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers. |
HMS Mutine was a
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve drill ship, the last of her class to be sold.[4]
Design
Mutine was constructed of steel to a design by William White, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction.[1] She was powered by a three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engine developing 1,400 horsepower (1,000 kW) and driving twin screws.[1]
Sail plan
The class was originally designed and built with
Admiralty to abandon sails entirely.[5]
All other ships of the class had their sails removed during the first few years of the twentieth century.
Armament
The class was armed with six
3-pounder quick-firing breech loaders.[1]
Service
Mutine was
China Station.[7] After successful steam trials in the North Sea, she left Sheerness for China in mid December,[8] arriving at Singapore 4 February,[9] and at Hong Kong 27 March 1902.[10] She served in the Far East between December 1903 and February 1905 and was converted to a survey ship in May 1907.[1] After a year operating off the west coast of Africa, Mutine returned to Devonport for a refit in July 1908.[11]
She was a depot ship in Bermuda from December 1917 and an RNVR drill ship from 1925.[1]
Fate
Mutine was sold to Thos. W. Ward of Briton Ferry on 16 August 1932 and scrapped.[1]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Winfield (2004), pp.278-279.
- ^ "Condor class at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ^ "Condor class (additional page) at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 6 September 2008.
- ^ Bastock p.123
- ^ Fifty Years in the Royal Navy Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Bt., John Murray, London, 1919, p.37
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36080. London. 3 March 1900. p. 9.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36625. London. 29 November 1901. p. 9.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36636. London. 12 December 1901. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36683. London. 5 February 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36729. London. 31 March 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval Matters—Past and Prospective: Devonport Dockyard". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 31. 1 August 1908. p. 14.
Notes
- ^ The first ships of the class were 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) in beam, with the last four widened by 6 inches
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. OCLC 52620555.