HMS Arethusa (1882)

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

Arethusa's sister ship Leander in 1897.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Arethusa
Ordered1880[1]
BuilderNapier, Glasgow[2]
Laid down14 June 1880[2]
Launched23 December 1882[2][3]
Commissioned8 July 1887[2][4]
Decommissioned3 April 1903 (as sea-going warship)[5]
FateSold 4 April 1905.[2][6]
General characteristics
Class and typeLeander-class second-class partially protected cruiser
Displacement4,300 tons (4,400 tonnes) load.[2][3]
Tons burthen3,750 tons (B.O.M.).[7]
Length
  • 300 ft (91 m) between perpendiculars.[2]
  • 315 ft 96.01 m) overall.[2][3]
Beam46 ft (14 m).[2][3]
Draught
  • 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) aft, 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) forward
  • with 950 tons (970 tonnes) of coal and complete with stores and provisions.[8]
Installed power12 cylindrical boilers, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW).
PropulsionSails and screw. Two shafts. Two cylinder horizontal direct acting compound engines,[2][3]
Speed
  • 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) designed[2]
  • 17-18 knots after funnels raised[2]
Range
  • 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[2]
  • 725 tons coal normal, 1000 tons maximum = c. 6,000 nmi at economical speed.[9]
Complement(1885): 275[8][10]
Armament
Armour
  • 1.5 in (40mm) steel armoured deck (with sloped sides) over 165 ft.[2][9]
  • 1.5 in (40mm) gun shields.[2][9]
Notes
  • Carried 2 second class torpedo boats.[8]
  • Carried 7-pounder and 9-pounder boat guns and field guns.[8]

HMS Arethusa was a second-class cruiser of the Leander class, which served with the Royal Navy. She was built at Napier, Glasgow, being laid down in 1880, launched in 1882 and completed in financial year 1886–87. She remained in ordinary reserve at Chatham, being commissioned for the 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1892 annual manoeuvres. She served in the Mediterranean from 1893 to 1896, was commissioned for the 1899 annual manoeuvres, then recommissioned for the Pacific, and later sent as a reinforcement to the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion until she came home for the last time in 1903.

  1. ^ Lyon & Winfield The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889 pages 270-271
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, page 75.
  3. ^ a b c d e www.worldnavalships.com Leander class
  4. ^ The Arethusa's first logbook covers 8 July 1887 to 1 September 1887, and is UK National Archives catalogue reference ADM ADM 53/12513
  5. ^ The Arethusa's final logbook covers 28 November 1902 to 3 April 1903, and is UK National Archives catalogue reference ADM 53/17281 B
  6. ^ "www.britainsnavy.co.uk HMS Arethusa". Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  7. ^ Navy List, December 1884, page 230.
  8. ^ a b c d e Log of HMS Leander 29 May 1885 – 22 May 1886, UK National Archives file ADM 53/14282
  9. ^ a b c Jane, All the World's Fighting Ships, 1900, page 102.
  10. ^ Conway's lists her complement as 278, which appears to be an error. See Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, page 75.