HMS Waterwitch (1892)

HMS Waterwitch
HMS Waterwitch in 1897
History
United Kingdom
NameLancashire Witch
OwnerSir Thomas Hesketh[Note 1]
Port of registryLiverpool, UK
BuilderRobert Steele & Company, Cartsburn
Yard number107
Launched29 August 1878
Identification
  • Official number 78813
  • Code letters WVPF[1]
FateSold to the Admiralty
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Waterwitch
AcquiredPurchased 17 March 1893[2]
FateSank in collision at Singapore, 1 September 1912
General characteristics as Lancashire Witch[1]
TypeYacht
Tonnage
Tons burthen479 Thames Measurement
Length160.2 ft (48.8 m)
Beam160.2 ft (48.8 m)
Depth of hold14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power75 hp (56 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder compound inverted steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarquentine rigged
General characteristics as HMS Waterwitch
TypeSloop/survey vessel
Installed power450 hp (340 kW)[3]
Complement81

HMS Waterwitch was a British hydrographic survey vessel active in eastern Asian waters from 1894 to 1912. She was a wooden vessel, purchased from a private owner specifically for survey work. She was lost in a collision in Singapore harbour in 1912.


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  1. ^ a b Lloyd's Yacht Register, 1889/90, p.229
  2. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  3. ^ "The Navy List of 1908 at Battleships-Cruisers website". Archived from the original on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2008.