&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Cyclops_Scotland_1943ish.jpg) HMS Cyclops off the Isle of Bute, circa 1943
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Cyclops |
| Builder | Sir James Laing & Son, Sunderland |
| Launched | 27 October 1905 |
| Commissioned | 5 November 1907 |
| Nickname(s) | Cycle Box |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 11,300 long tons (11,500 t) |
| Length | 145.1 m (476 ft 1 in) o/a |
| Beam | 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | Triple Expansion Engines = 1100 indicated horse power |
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| Complement | 266 |
| Armament | Two 4 inch MkV naval guns |
HMS Cyclops (F31) was a submarine repair and depot ship of the Royal Navy. She was originally the passenger liner Indrabarah sister ship to Indralema, built by Laing, for the Indra Line Ltd then bought by The Admiralty, while she was building. She was launched on 27 October 1905.
Cyclops was 460 feet (140.2 m) long between perpendiculars and 476 feet (145.1 m) overall, with a beam of 55 feet (16.8 m).[1]
- ^ The Engineer 23 July 1909, p. 77.