HMS Suva

Suva, circa 1919
History
Name
  • Suva (1906–1928)
  • Sirius (1928–1929)
  • Bohol (1929–1941)[1]
NamesakeSuva, Bohol
Operator
BuilderWorkman, Clark and Company
Launched14 December 1905
FateSunk during air raid on Manila in 1942
United Kingdom (RN)
NameHMS Suva
Commissioned20 July 1915
Decommissioned19 December 1919
FateCommissioned in RAN
Australia (RAN)
NameHMAS Suva
Commissioned23 June 1919
Decommissioned12 August 1919
Fatereturned to Australasian United Steam Navigation Company
General characteristics
Tonnage2,126 gross register tonnage[2]
Length300.3 ft (92 m)[2]
Beam41.1 ft (13 m)[2]
Depth11.8 ft (4 m)[2]
Armament
  • 3 × 4.7 inch naval guns (1915)
  • 2 × 3 pounder naval guns (1919)[3]

HMS Suva was an Armed boarding steamer of the Royal Navy during World War I. She was also commissioned briefly into the Royal Australian Navy before being returned to her owners.[3] She was sold in 1928 and renamed Sirius and sold again in 1929 and renamed Bohol. An Imperial Japanese air raid on Manila in 1942 during the Second World War sank her.[3]

  1. ^ "Details of the Ship". Plimsoll ShipData. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Plimsoll1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Wilson, p.51.