| HMS Bonaventure (1892) | |
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 HMS Bonaventure in the 1890s (IWM Q21029) | |
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| Name: | HMS Bonaventure |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | December 1890 |
| Launched: | 2 December 1892 |
| Commissioned: | 5 July 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold on 12 April 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Astraea-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,360 tons |
| Length: | 320 ft (98 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 49.5 ft (15.1 m) |
| Draught: | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
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| Range: | Carried 1000 tons coal (max) |
| Complement: | 318 |
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HMS Bonaventure was an Astraea-class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. She was commissioned for service in 1895, and survived to serve in the First World War.
History[]
Stern view of HMS Bonaventure anchored at Spithead, 1909 (National Maritime Museum)
Bonaventure served in the Pacific Squadron, including service in the 3rd China War, under command of Captain Robert Montgomerie RN.[1]
Bonaventure, converted to a submarine depot
She returned in May 1906 to Devonport to be paid off. She then went to Haulbowline Dockyard, Cork, Ireland to be converted into a depot ship for submarines. This work was completed in April 1907 and she continued to serve during the First World War as a submarine depot ship.[2]
C31 alongside HMS Bonaventure
Scrapping[]
Bonaventure returned to the UK and was paid off on 17 October 1919. She was sold on 12 April 1920 to the Forth Ship Breaking Company, Bo'ness.
References[]
- ↑ Robert Archibald Montgomerie Service record, The National Archives, ADM 196/19
- ↑ "HMS Bonaventure". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_bonaventure.htm. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:HMS Bonaventure (ship, 1892). Publications[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One. Jane's Publishing Company. 1919.
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