Indefatigable in 1894
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Indefatigable |
Builder | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company, Glasgow |
Laid down | 1890 |
Launched | 12 March 1891 |
Commissioned | 1892 |
Renamed | HMS Melpomene in 1910 |
Fate | Sold 1913 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Apollo-class cruiser |
Displacement | 3,400 long tons (3,500 t) |
Length | 314 ft (95.7 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13.1 m) |
Draught | 17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
Complement | 273 to 300 (Officers and Men) |
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HMS Indefatigable, was a second-class Apollo-class protected cruiser of the British Royal Navy. The ship was built by the London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company of Glasgow between 1890 and 1892, launching on 12 March 1891. In 1910, the ship was renamed HMS Melpomene, and in 1913 was sold for scrap.