Английская Википедия:HMS Challenger (1902)

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HMS Challenger was a second-class protected cruiser of the Шаблон:Sclass of the Royal Navy.

Construction

Challenger was designed by Sir William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, and was built at the Chatham Dockyard, where she was laid down on 1 December 1900.[1] She was launched there on 27 May 1902, when she was named by Eva Holland, wife of Rear-Admiral S. C. Holland, Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard.[2]

Her machinery was made by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, and there were 12 boilers of the Babcock & Wilcox type.[1]

Service history

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Challenger being docked in 1905

Challenger was commissioned by Captain F.C.T. Tudor, R.N., on 3 May 1904,[3] and commenced duty on the Australia Station in July 1904 as recruit training ship.[4][5] She was paid off into reserve on 10 October 1912 before recommissioning during the First World War. She initially served as part of the Ninth Cruiser Squadron off West Africa before serving in East African waters. She was sold in 1920 and was broken up for scrap.

Notes

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References

  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. Шаблон:ISBN

External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite newspaper The Times
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  3. Sheerness Times (Saturday, 7 May 1904), p. 7.
  4. Evening News (Sydney) (Saturday, 23 July 1904), p. 6.
  5. Bastock, p.128-130.