HMS Circe (1892)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Circe
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Laid down11 January 1890
Launched14 June 1892
CompletedJuly 1893
FateScrapped 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeAlarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement810 long tons (820 t)
Length230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp
Beam27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draught8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion
Speed18.7 kn (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h)
Complement91
Armament
  • 2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm ) guns
  • 1 × Gardiner machine gun
  • 5 × 14 inch torpedo tubes

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.