HMS Amethyst (1903)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Amethyst
Builder	Elswick Naval Works, Armstrong Whitworth & Co[1]
Yard number	735
Laid down	January 1903
Launched	5 November 1903
Completed	17 March 1905
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Topaze-class protected cruiser
Displacement	3,000 tons
Length	360 ft (109.7 m)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Installed power	12,000 hp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	Parsons turbines 3 shafts
Speed	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h)
Complement	296
Armament	12 × QF 4-inch guns 8 × 3-pounder guns 2 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	1-inch gun shields, ½-inch to 2-inch deck armour

HMS Amethyst was a third-class protected cruiser of the Topaze class of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1903, served during World War I at the Dardanelles and Gallipoli, in the Mediterranean and the South Atlantic. She was sold for scrap in 1920.