HMS Halcyon (1894)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Halcyon.
The third HMS Halcyon was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat[1] of the Royal Navy. Once described as "perhaps the smallest and least formidable vessel that ever crept into the 'Navy List'",[2] she was launched in 1894 and was put up for sale before World War I. She was recommissioned in 1913, was converted to a minesweeper and served under the orders of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves. She was sold for breaking in 1919.
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Name | Halcyon |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 2 January 1893[1] |
Launched | 6 April 1894 |
Commissioned | 16 May 1895[1] |
Fate | Sold for breaking on 6 November 1919 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Dryad-class torpedo gunboat |
Displacement | 1,070 tons |
Length | 262 ft 6 in (80.0 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 kn (35 km/h) |
Complement | 120 |
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