HMS Bonaventure in the 1890s (IWM Q21029)
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History | |
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Name | HMS Bonaventure |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | December 1890 |
Launched | 2 December 1892 |
Commissioned | 5 July 1894 |
Fate | Sold on 12 April 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Astraea-class cruiser |
Displacement | 4,360 tons |
Length | 320 ft (98 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 49.5 ft (15.1 m) |
Draught | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
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Range | Carried 1000 tons coal (max) |
Complement | 318 |
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HMS Bonaventure was an Astraea-class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. She was commissioned for service in 1895, and survived to serve in the First World War.