HMS Reindeer (1883)
Appearance
History | |
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Name | HMS Reindeer |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Launched | 14 November 1883 |
Fate | Sold out of service, 12 July, 1924 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 970 tons |
Length | 167 ft (51 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Armament | 8 x 4 in (0.10 m) guns |
HMS Reindeer was a Royal Navy composite screw sloop. Launched in 1883, she was converted to a boom defence vessel in 1904, and a salvage vessel in 1917. Re-engined in 1918 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company with a 2100 IHP engine,[1] the ship was sold in 1924.
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.
- "Cruisers". Battleships-cruisers. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
Notes
- ^ Janes fighting ships of World War I. Studio Editions. 1990. p. 91. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.