History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Circe |
Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
Laid down | 11 January 1890 |
Launched | 14 June 1892 |
Completed | July 1893 |
Fate | Scrapped 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Alarm-class torpedo gunboat |
Displacement | 810 long tons (820 t) |
Length | 230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp |
Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Installed power | 3,500 ihp (2,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 18.7 kn (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h) |
Complement | 91 |
Armament |
|
HMS Circe was a Alarm-class torpedo gunboat of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Sheerness Dockyard from 1890–1893. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1908–1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Circe was sold for scrap in 1920.