HMS AMPHITRITE
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Description
HMS AMPHITRITE Class…………………………… Diadem-class Protected Cruiser Builder……………………….. Naval Construction & Armament Co. Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness (1897 Vickers, Sons and Co purchased the Naval Construction and Armaments Co) Yard number………………. 258 Laid down..…………………. 8 Dec 1896 Launched….………………… 5 Jan 1898 Completed.…………………. 17 Sep 1901 Propulsion.………………….. 2 shafts : 2x 4 cylinder Vertical Triple Expansion Steam Engines : 30 Belleville coal fired boilers Speed..………………………… 20.75 knots (max) Range………………………….. 10000 nm at 10 knots History •March 1910: Amphitrite was attached to HMS Vivid as Stokers Training Ship. •August 1914: Recommissioned for 9th Cruiser Squadron. •June 1915: Laid up at Portsmouth •August 1917: Commissioned and converted to minelayer. •September 1918: Amphitrite collided with destroyer Nessus, resulting in the destroyer being sunk. •June 1919: Paid off. •1920: Sold for breaking at Milford Haven HMS Amphitrite in dazzle camouflage in 1918 after conversion to minelayer. -
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License
What does this mean? CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Further information
Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42117802@N06/52320766225/
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
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Picture Taken: 1918-01-01T00:00:00 -
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