HMS Cadmus (1903)

Sister ship Clio dressed overall at Tasmania in 1905
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cadmus
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Cost£76,657[1]
Laid down11 March 1902
Launched29 April 1903
Commissioned1904
FateSold for scrap, 1 September 1921
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeCadmus-class sloop
Displacement1,070 long tons (1,087 t)
Length
  • 210 ft (64 m) oa
  • 185 ft (56 m) pp
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught11 ft 3 in (3.4 m)
Installed power1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement150
Armament

HMS Cadmus was a Cadmus-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Sheerness in 1903, spent her entire career in the Far East and was sold at Hong Kong in 1921.

  1. ^ "Hansard, 6 March 1905 vol 142 cc402-3, Questions in the House". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 6 March 1905. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  2. ^ Winfield (2004), p.279.