For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ringdove and HMS Melita.
| HMS Ringdove (1889) | |
|---|---|
 HMS Sparrow, sister-ship to HMS Ringdove | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Ringdove |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1888 |
| Launched: | 30 April 1889 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1920 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Redbreast-class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 805 tons |
| Length: | 165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp |
| Beam: | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 0 in (3.4 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) max |
| Installed power: | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 76 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Ringdove was a Redbreast-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 30 April 1889.[2]
She commenced service on the Australia Station on 5 March 1890, under the command of R. F. Ayscough.[2] She left the Australia Station in February 1901 and returned to England, where she was paid of at Devonport 10 June 1901 and placed in the fleet reserve to be refit at Haulbowline.[3] She became a tender to HMS Vernon and was converted into a salvage vessel in 1915 and was renamed HMS Melita.[2]
Fate[]
She was sold to the Ship Salvage Corporation on 22 January 1920[1] and renamed Telima. She was broken up in 1926.
Citations[]
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.
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