| HMS St George (1892) | |
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| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS St George |
| Builder: | C & W Earle, Hull |
| Laid down: | April 23, 1890 |
| Launched: | June 23, 1892 |
| Reclassified: | Depot ship 1909 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up July 1, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,350 tons |
| Length: | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Armament: |
2 x BL 9.2 inch guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS St George.
HMS St George was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on June 23, 1892.
She took part in the 40 minute long Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896.
In 1901, she was one of two escort ships for HMS Ophir, which carried the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) during their tour of the British Empire.
She was the flagship of the Cape & West Africa Station (Rear-Admiral Harry Rawson) based at Simon's Town, and served in the First World War.
She was designated as a depot ship in 1909, and sold for breaking up at Plymouth on July 1, 1920.
List of Captains[]
- Captain P. W. Bush - 26 February 1901 - ?[1]
Notes[]
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.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860–1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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