HMS Mildura

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pelorus and HMAS Mildura.

HMS Mildura at Port Melbourne, May 1901
History
United Kingdom
NamePelorus
Namesake
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear
Laid down15 August 1888
Launched27 November 1889
Completed20 December 1890
RenamedMildura, April 1890
FateSold for scrap, 3 April 1906
General characteristics
Class and typePearl-class cruiser
Displacement2,575 tons
Length
  • 278 ft (84.7 m) (oa)
  • 265 ft (80.8 m) (pp)[1]
Beam41 ft (12 m)[1]
Draught15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws; 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines[1]
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement210
Armament
Armour

HMS Mildura was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1880s. Originally named HMS Pelorus, she was renamed after an Australian town in April 1890.[2] Per the Imperial Defense Act of 1887, she served primarily in Australian waters.

Captain Henry Leah was in command from April 1897 until April 1900, when Captain Henry C. A. Baynes arrived in Australia on board HMS Diana to take command of the ship.[3] He was succeeded by Captain Charles Kingsmill in September 1900. She was part of the naval escort for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) to New Zealand aboard the chartered Royal liner HMS Ophir during 1901.[2] With HMS Royal Arthur (flagship) and HMS Pylades, she visited Norfolk Island in July 1902,[4] Suva, Fiji the following month,[5] and Tonga in September.[6]

She was sold to Garnham, London for scrap in 1906 for £7,200.[2][7]

  1. ^ a b c Winfield, p. 276
  2. ^ a b c Bastock, p. 101
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36056. London. 3 February 1900. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36835. London. 1 August 1902. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36852. London. 21 August 1902. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36859. London. 29 August 1902. p. 8.
  7. ^ History of the World's Navy: Pearl Class