HMS Shearwater (1900)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Shearwater.

HMS Shearwater at Esquimalt circa 1908
HMS Shearwater at Esquimalt circa 1908.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Shearwater
BuilderHM Dockyard, Sheerness
Laid down1 February 1899
Launched10 February 1900
ChristenedLady Bowden-Smith
Commissioned1900[1]
FateTransferred to Royal Canadian Navy, 1915
Canada
NameHMCS Shearwater
Acquired1915
Decommissioned13 June 1919
FateSold in May 1922
Canada
NameVedas
OperatorWestern Shipping Company
AcquiredMay 1922
FateScrapped 1937
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCondor-class sloop
Displacement980 tons
Length
  • 204 ft (62 m) oa
  • 180 ft (55 m) pp
Beam33 ft (10 m)[Note 1]
Draught11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power1,400 hp (1,044 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Belleville boilers
  • Three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engine
  • Twin screws
Sail planBarque-rigged, changed to barquentine-rigged, later removed
Speed13 kn (24 km/h) under power
Endurance3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement120–130
Armament
ArmourProtective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1+1⁄2 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers.[1]

HMS Shearwater was a Condor-class sloop launched in 1900. She served on the Pacific Station and in 1915 was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Shearwater, serving as a submarine depot ship until 1919. She was sold to the Western Shipping Company in May 1922 and renamed Vedas.

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