| HMS Undaunted (1886) | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Undaunted |
| Builder: | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1885 |
| Launched: | 25 November 1886 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 9 April 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,600 tons |
| Length: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draught: | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: |
3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 4 double-ended boilers 5,500 hp 8,500 hp forced-draught |
| Speed: |
17 knots natural draught 18 knots forced draught |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 484 |
| Armament: |
2 × BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) guns (2 x 1) |
| Armour: |
10 in (254 mm) belt 12 in (304.8 mm) conning tower |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Undaunted.
HMS Undaunted was a ship of the Orlando-class of first-class cruisers built in the yards of Palmer and launched on 3 August 1886.
She served two commissions on the China Station. On 25 April1901 she was paid off at Devonport and placed in the Fleet Reserve, where she was prepared to be commissioned as tender to HMS Cambridge, gunnery school ship at the dockyard.[1]
She was sold for scrapping on 9 April 1907 to Harris of Bristol.
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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