&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Europa.jpg) HMS Europa
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Europa |
| Builder | J&G Thompson, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 10 January 1896 |
| Launched | 20 March 1897 |
| Fate | Sold 15 September 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Diadem-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 11,000 tons |
| Length | 435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a) |
| Beam | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
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| Speed | 20–20.5 kn (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph) |
| Complement | 760 |
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HMS Europa was a ship of the Diadem-class protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was built by J&G Thompson of Clydebank and launched on 20 March 1897.
In 1899, Europa was equipped with wireless, and took part in the Summer Manoeuvres of that year. She sent a wireless message 95 miles to HMS Alexandra, relayed by HMS Juno, reporting making contact with convoy she was to escort. This was longest ship to ship transmission to date.[1]
- ^ Pocock, R. F.; Garratt, Gerald Reginald Mansel (1972). The Origins of Maritime Radio: The Story of the Introduction of wireless telegraphy in the Royal Navy Between 1896 and 1900. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-11-290113-6.