HMS Spartiate (1898)

HMS Spartiate
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Spartiate
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	10 May 1897
Launched	27 October 1898
Christened	Mrs. Burges Watson
Renamed	Fisgard, June 1915
Fate	Sold July 1932
General characteristics
Class and type	Diadem-class cruiser
Displacement	11,000 tons
Length	435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a)
Beam	69 ft (21 m)
Draught	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp
Speed	20–20.5 kn (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph)
Complement	760
Armament	16 × single QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns 14 × single QF 12-pounder (76 mm) 12 cwt guns 3 × single QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks

HMS Spartiate was a ship of the Diadem-class protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on 27 October 1898. She was a stokers' training ship in 1914 and was renamed Fisgard in June 1915. She survived the First World War and was sold in July 1932. She returned to Pembroke to be broken up.