Ship Details |
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Warspite (H.M.S.)Photo Credit: Unknown |
Registry #1 | (RN) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1890c | Warspite (H.M.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | Name 7 | ||||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1890c | Place | Chatham | Area | Country | UK |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 315.0' x 62.0' x 26.6' |
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Builder | H.M. Dockyard (Chatham UK) | Measurement (metric) | 96m x 19m x 8.15m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 8650 | Type 1 | Cruiser, (Armoured 1st-class) |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | 10,000hp | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | Propulsion | Twin Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | ||
Pendant # | Masters | Captain The Hon. Hedworth Lambton RN; |
Owner(s) |
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In 1886-1905 she was owned by the Royal Navy. In 12/1891 she was commissioned at Chatham UK. In July 1899 she was commissioned at Chatham UK. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 0000-00-00 |
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Named Features | Warspite Rock (BC) (Located in Discovery Passage BC); Mount Warspite (BC) (2819m. Located 65km west of Turner Valley AB); |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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This vessel served on Pacific Station 1890-1893 (as flagship of Rear-Admiral Hotham) under Captain The Hon. Hedworth Lambton RN and in 1899-1902 (as Flagship of Rear-Admiral Lewis Beaumont and later Rear-Admiral Andrew Bickford). This vessel struck Warspite Rock on August 10, 1892 while returning to Esquimalt from a cruise around Vancouver Island while under command of Captain The Honorable Hedworth Lambton RN. It was named by the by the Admiralty Hydrographic Office in 1892. Four midshipmen from H.M.S. Warspite were lost in a canoeing accident off Vancouver Island on July 15, 1891. this vessel operated on the British Columbia coast 1899-1902. this vessel was sold for breaking up April 4, 1905. |
References |
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Walbran, Captain John T. (1909); Longstaff, Frederick V. (1957); Gregson, Harry (1970); Karamitsanis, Aphrodite. (1991) |
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