HMS Sirius (1890)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sirius.
HMS Sirius was an Apollo-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which served from 1892 to 1918 in various colonial posts such as the South and West African coastlines and off the British Isles as a hastily converted minelayer during the First World War.
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HMS Sirius (IWM Q46044) | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Sirius |
Builder | Armstrong, Elswick |
Laid down | September 1889 |
Launched | 27 October 1890 |
Commissioned | 1892 |
Fate | Scuttled as blockship 23 April 1918 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Apollo-class cruiser |
Displacement | 3,600 long tons (3,700 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 43 ft 8 in (13.31 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
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Speed | 19.75 kn (36.58 km/h; 22.73 mph) (forced draught) |
Complement | 273 |
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