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HMS Edinburgh |
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HMS Edinburgh Laid Down : 20th March 1879 Launched : 18th March 1882 Completed : 8th July 1887 Type : Battleship Class : Colossus Builder : Pembroke Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold 11th October 1910. |
| HMS Edinburgh, Royal Naval battleship with sister ship HMS Colossus, built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched 1882 completed October 1886. HMS Edinburgh first served in the Mediterranean from 1887-94 and then on return to Britain she was used as a coastguard ship at both Hull and Queensferry from 1894-97. HMS Edinburgh was placed in reserve from 1897-99 and reused as a tender to HMS Wildfire at Sheerness from 1899-1905. HMS Edinburgh was in Special Reserve at Chatham in 1906 and was then used as a target ship in 1908 before being sold in 1910. Both Colossus and Edinburgh had their heavy guns in turrets. Displacement: 9,420 tons. Length: 325ft. Beam:68ft. Draught: 26' 3". Guns: Four 45 ton BLR, five 6 inch guns ten 3 pounder quick-firers, and has a partial belt of armour from 18 to 14 ins. Horse power: 7,500 hp. Speed: 14.2 knots. Complement: 289. |
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  HMS Edinburgh Coastguard Ship at Queensferry |   HMS Edinburgh, 1887. |   HMS Edinburgh, 1887. |   HMS Edinburgh, 1887. |
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18th March 1882 - Launched 1890 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 29th March 1890 - Arrived Malta 22nd July 1890 - Arrived Malta 4th August 1890 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 12th August 1890 - Arrived Gibraltar from Malta 18th August 1890 - To be recommissioned at Malta 18th August 1890 - Capt. Henry St. L.B. Palliser in Command 2nd September 1890 - Arrived Toulon 6th September 1890 - Sailed Toulon 1891 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 14th March 1891 - Sailed Athens for Smyrna 6th August 1891 - Sailed Malta for Naples 3rd October 1891 - Arrived Malta 1892 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 8th January 1892 - Arrived Malta from Suda Bay 29th January 1892 - Off Snipe Point near Platea 12th February 1892 - Arrived Malta 8th December 1892 - At Malta 1893 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 19th April 1893 - Sailed Malta for Nauplia 22nd June 1893 - Near Tripoli, Lebanon 4th August 1895 - At Lough Swilley with the Reserve Fleet 16th July 1896 - Sailed Falmouth Roads 18th July 1896 - Arrived Milford Haven 26th June 1897 - Capt. J.R.E. Patrason in Command 26th June 1897 - Fleet Review celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 5th June 1900 - Arrived Torbay for Manoeuvres 26th June 1900 - Arrived Chatham 7th July 1900 - Participated in the Summer Fleet Manoeuvres 30th January 1901 - Com. The Hon Francis C.B. Addington in Command 30th January 1901 - Sailed Sheerness for Spithead 16th August 1902 - Capt C.G. Treherne in Command 16th August 1902 - Coronation Review at Spithead 11th October 1910 - Sold For Break Up | |||
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 21:13, October 11, 2012
By : DataStream
First Added : 15:54, February 28, 2011
By : kc
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