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HMS Lizard (1886)
HMS Lizard (1886) AWM 302202
HMS Lizard, c.1890.
Career Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Lizard
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Launched: 27 November 1886
Fate: Sold February 1905 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Class & type: Bramble-class screw gunboat
Displacement: 715 tons (810 tons loaded)
Length: 165 ft (50 m)
Beam: 29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught: 11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam engine
Single screw
Speed: 13 kn (24 km/h)
Range: 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement: 76
Armament:
  • Six 4-inch 25cwt RBL guns
  • Four machine guns

HMS Lizard was a Bramble-class screw gunboat of the Royal Navy, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched on 27 November 1886.[1]

She commenced service on the Australia Station in January 1888,[1] serving in New Zealand waters. In 1900 she was detached to serve on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion, and she stayed in Chinese waters until August 1901,[2] when she returned to the Australia station. She was the first warship to enter Kiama, New South Wales. She was laid up at Sydney in 1904.[1]

Fate[]

She was sold in February 1905 for £800 and was broken up at Balmain, Sydney.[1]

Citations[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bastock, p.115.
  2. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 13 August 1901. 

References[]


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