HMS Penguin (1876)
HMS Penguin
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Penguin |
Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
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Yard number | 342 |
Laid down | 14 July 1874 |
Launched | 25 March 1876 |
Commissioned | 23 August 1877 |
Recommissioned | 1886 |
Decommissioned | 1889 |
Recommissioned | 1890 |
Decommissioned | 1908 |
Fate | Transferred to Australian service |
Australia | |
Name | HMAS Penguin |
Acquired | 1908 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1913 |
Decommissioned | 1924 |
Fate | Converted to crane hulk in 1924 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Osprey-class screw composite sloop |
Displacement | 1,130 long tons (1,150 t) |
Length | 170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
Depth | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque rig |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Range | 1,120 nmi (2,070 km; 1,290 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 140 |
Armament |
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HMS Penguin was an
Design and construction
Penguin was an Osprey-class sloop-of-war, with a
Armament consisted of two
Penguin was built by Robert Napier and Sons, of Govan, Scotland.[3] The vessel was laid down on 14 July 1876 as yard number 342.[1] She was launched on 25 March 1876,[3] and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 23 August 1877.[1] Construction costs included £39,611 for the hull, and £12,500 for her steam machinery.[1]
Operational history
British service
After entering service, Penguin was assigned to the
The Penguin under the command of Captain
Australian service
Her masts removed, she was transferred for harbour service at Sydney in 1908, before being commissioned into the RAN as HMAS Penguin, a depot ship, on 1 July 1913.[10]
Decommissioning and fate
Her hull was sold to Samuel Waugh Ltd and converted into a crane hulk at Sydney in 1924. Later sold for breaking up, her hull was burnt on 13 December 1960 at Kerosene Bay, Sydney.[1][3]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Winfield, pp.291–292
- ^ "Naval Sloops at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ^ a b c d Bastock, p.111.
- ^ Fremantle to Admiralty, 10 September 1888 enclosed in Admiralty to Foreign Office, 9 October 1888, FO 403/107, The National Archives, UK.
- ^ Somerville, Boyle (October 1927). "The Deepest Depth". Blackwood's Magazine. 222 (1344): 552–553.
- (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Admiral Sir Arthur Mostyn Field (1855–1950) from Royal Museums Greenwich". Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36784. London. 3 June 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36875. London. 17 September 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "Royal Australian Navy History – HMAS Penguin". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
Bibliography
- Ballard, G. A. (1939). "British Sloops of 1875: The Larger Ram-Bowed Type". Mariner's Mirror. 25 (January). Cambridge, UK: Society for Nautical Research: 35–49. .
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
- ISBN 978-0-85177-923-2.
- Roberts, John (1979). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- 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.
External links
- Media related to HMS Penguin (ship, 1876) at Wikimedia Commons