HMS Ringarooma (1889)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Psyche.

HMS Ringarooma (1889)
Layout of a Pearl-class cruiser from Brassey's Naval Annual, 1897
Career
Name:	HMS Psyche (1889–1890) HMS Ringarooma (1890–1906)
Builder:	J & G Thomson, Glasgow
Launched:	10 December 1889
Fate:	Sold in May 1906 for breaking up
General characteristics
Type:	Pearl-class cruiser
Displacement:	2,575 tons
Length:	278 ft (85 m) oa 256 ft (78 m) pp
Beam:	41 ft (12 m)
Draught:	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power:	7,500 ihp on forced draught
Propulsion:	2 x 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines 4 x double-ended cylindrical boilers 2 screws
Speed:	19 knots
Complement:	217
Armament:	8 x QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 8 x 3-pounder guns 4 x machine guns 2 x 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 1 - 2 inch Gunshields: 2 inch Conning tower: 3 inch

Crewmen aboard Ringarooma, Brisbane, 1894

HMS Ringarooma was an Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Psyche, built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow and launched on 10 December 1889. Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Ringarooma as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was damaged after running aground on a reef at Makelula Island, New Hebrides on 31 August 1894 and was pulled off by the French cruiser Duchaffault. Spending between 1897 and 1900 in reserve at Sydney, she left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £8500 in May 1906 to Forth Shipbreaking Company for breaking up.

References

• Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
• Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.