HMS Indefatigable (1891)

Indefatigable in 1894
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Indefatigable
Builder	London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company, Glasgow
Laid down	1890
Launched	12 March 1891
Commissioned	1892
Renamed	HMS Melpomene in 1910
Fate	Sold 1913
General characteristics
Class and type	Apollo-class cruiser
Displacement	3,400 long tons (3,500 t)
Length	314 ft (95.7 m)
Beam	43 ft (13.1 m)
Draught	17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft steam reciprocating engines 5 boilers 7000 ihp (natural draught) 9000 ihp (forced draught)
Speed	20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement	273 to 300 (Officers and Men)
Armament	2 × QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 8 × QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns 4 × 14 in (360 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm) Decks: 2–1.25 in (51–32 mm) Engine hatch: 5 in (130 mm)

HMS Indefatigable, was a second-class Apollo-class protected cruiser of the British Royal Navy. The ship was built by the London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company of Glasgow between 1890 and 1892, launching on 12 March 1891. In 1910, the ship was renamed HMS Melpomene, and in 1913 was sold for scrap.