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| Name: | HMS Australia |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down: | April 21 1885 |
| Launched: | November 25 1886 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up April 4 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,600 tons |
| Length: | 300 ft (91.44 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17.07 m) |
| Draught: | 22.5 ft (6.86 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 4 double-ended boilers 5,500 hp 8,500 hp forced-draught |
| Speed: | 17 knots natural draught 18 knots forced draught |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 484 |
| Armament: | 2 × 9.2 in (234 mm) guns (2 x 1)BL 10 x 6 in (152 mm) guns (10 x 1) BL 6 × 6 pdr guns (6 × 1) QF 10 × 3 pdr guns (10 × 1) QF 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes: 4 above-water broadside 1 bow and 1 stern submerged |
| Armour: | 10 in (254 mm) belt 12 in (304.8 mm) conning tower |
HMS Australia, an Orlando-class cruiser of the Royal Navy completed in 1888 and named after the nation Australia. She was scrapped at Troon in 1905. During her time in service, future Vice Admiral Charles Royds served aboard her. The only other warships to be named Australia have belonged to the Royal Australian Navy; see HMAS Australia.
References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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| Orlando · Australia · Undaunted · Narcissus · Galatea · Immortalite · Aurora |
| Preceded by: Imperieuse class · Followed by: Blake class List of cruisers of the Royal Navy |
