For other ships of the same name, see HMS Venus.
| HMS Venus (1895) | |
|---|---|
 Venus at anchor during World War I | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Venus |
| Namesake: | Venus |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan |
| Laid down: | 28 June 1894 |
| Launched: | 5 September 1895 |
| Completed: | 9 November 1897 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 22 September 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Eclipse-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) |
| Length: | 350 ft (106.7 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Installed power: |
9,600 ihp (7,200 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
| Complement: | 450 |
| Armament: |
As built: 11 × six-inch QF guns 9 × 12-pounder QF guns 7 × 3-pounder QF guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm) Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) |
HMS Venus was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.
She was commanded by Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne and served at the Mediterranean Station until March 1901, when she paid off at Chatham Dockyard.[1] She joined the 3rd Fleet at Pembroke in 1913 and went to Portsmouth in 1914. Joined the 11th Cruiser Squadron in Ireland in August 1914; captured two German merchantmen in October and lost her foremast in a gale in November 1914. To Egypt 1916; Singapore March 1917; flagship East Indies 1919 until she returned home in May 1919 to pay off.[2]
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References[]
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- McBride, Keith (2012). "The Cruiser Family Talbot". In John Jordan. Warship 2012. London: Conway. pp. 136–41. ISBN 978-1-84486-156-9.
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