HMS Spartiate (1898)

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

HMS Spartiate (1898)
HMS Spartiate
Career
Name:	HMS Spartiate
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Launched:	October 27, 1898
Renamed:	Fisgard, June 1915
Fate:	Sold July 1932
General characteristics
Displacement:	11,000 tons
Length:	435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a)
Beam:	69 ft (21 m)
Draught:	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Propulsion:	2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp
Speed:	20 - 20.5 knots
Complement:	760
Armament:	16 x single QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 14 x single QF 12-pounder guns 3 x single QF 3-pounder guns 2 x 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour:	6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks

HMS Spartiate was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on October 27, 1898. She was a stokers' training ship in 1914 and was renamed Fisgard in June 1915. She survived the War and was sold in July 1932. She returned to Pembroke to be broken up.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. 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. OCLC 67375475. 
• Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk