| HMS Doris (1896) | |
|---|---|
 Doris at anchor during World War I | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Doris |
| Builder: | Naval Construction & Armaments Co., Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 29 August 1894 |
| Launched: | 3 March 1896 |
| Completed: | 18 November 1897 |
| Reclassified: | As depot ship, 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 2 February 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Eclipse-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) |
| Length: | 350 ft (106.7 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Installed power: |
9,600 ihp (7,200 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
| Complement: | 450 |
| Armament: |
As built: 11 × six-inch QF guns 9 × 12-pounder QF guns 7 × 3-pounder QF guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm) Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) |
HMS Doris was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.
One of Doris' guns on the march to Bloemfontein
Under the command of Captain R. C. Prothero, she was flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Harris when he was Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in South Africa 1898-1900.[1] In 1899 at least one of HMS Doris's QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns was mounted on an improvised field carriage and used as a field gun in the Second Boer War. The gun used at Magersfontein was known as Joe Chamberlain. Captain Prothero, known as 'Prothero the Bad', was a man of violent temper who terrified his officers and crew alike.
She paid off at Devonport in May 1901, when, to honour her crew, the men of the other ships in the harbour spontaneously manned yards and sides and gave a salute .[2]
When the First World War began in August 1914, Doris was serving with the 11th Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet. On 5 August, Doris captured a German merchant ship.[3]
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References[]
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- McBride, Keith (2012). "The Cruiser Family Talbot". In John Jordan. Warship 2012. London: Conway. pp. 136–41. ISBN 978-1-84486-156-9.
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