HMS Iphigenia (1891)

Iphigenia, 1910s
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Iphigenia
Builder	London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	17 March 1890
Launched	19 November 1891
Commissioned	May 1893
Fate	Expended as a block ship, 1918
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General characteristics
Class and type	Apollo-class cruiser
Displacement	3,600 tons
Length	314 ft (95.7 m)
Beam	43.5 ft (13.3 m)
Draught	17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Propulsion	twin screw triple expansion engines from Earle's Shipbuilding
Speed	19.75 knots (36.58 km/h)
Complement	273 to 300 (Officers and Men)
Armament	As built: 2 × QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 8 × 6-pounders 2 to 4 × 14 inch torpedo tubes Converted pre-1914 to a lightly armed minelayer.

HMS Iphigenia was an Apollo-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy built on the River Clyde and launched in 1891, spending her early years on the China Station. When she became obsolete as a cruiser, she was converted as a minelayer in 1907. Her service ended when she was sunk as a blockship during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918.