HMS Flora (1893)

	HMS Flora
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Flora
Builder	Pembroke Dock
Launched	21 November 1893
Commissioned	24 July 1895
Decommissioned	March 1922
Renamed	TS Indus II in April 1915
Fate	Sold 12 December 1922 for breaking up in Dover
General characteristics
Class and type	Astraea-class cruiser
Displacement	4,360 long tons (4,430 t) fully loaded
Length	320 ft (98 m)
Beam	49 ft 6 in (15.09 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft, 3 cycle TE, 8 cylinder boilers; 7,500 hp (5,600 kW) natural draught; 9,500 hp (7,100 kW) forced draught; Coal 1000 tons maximum load;
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h) natural draught; 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) forced draught;
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km)
Complement	44
Armament	2 × QF 6 in (152 mm) guns; 8 × QF 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × 3 pdr (47 mm) quick firing gun; 4 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck 2 in (51 mm); Conning tower 3 in (76 mm); Gunshields 4.5 in (114 mm); engine hatch 5 in (127 mm);

HMS Flora was an Astraea-class cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 21 November 1893.^[2] She was constructed under the Naval Defence Act 1889 along with several other Astraea-class cruisers.^[3] Flora was decommissioned in 1922.

Operational history

HMS Flora served a commission, under the command of Commodore Robert Leonard Groome and later of Captain Frederick Sidney Pelham, as senior officer′s ship on the South East Coast of America Station until June 1901, when she returned to Devonport to pay off.^[4]

She was commissioned at Devonport on 11 November 1902^[5] to relieve HMS Phaeton for service on the Pacific Station.^[6] Leaving Plymouth in late November,^[7] she stopped in Funchal, Saint Vincent, Pernambuco and Montevideo before she arrived at the station early the following year.^[8]

HMS Flora was the subject of a famous salvage operation after running aground in 1903.^[9]

In 1914, just prior to the First World War, Flora was placed on the sale list and remained on harbour service for the majority of the conflict. In April 1915 Flora was renamed TS Indus II. She was sold on 12 December 1922 and was broken up at Dover.

References

^ The Times (London), Thursday, 25 July 1895, p.10
^ 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.
^ Historyofwar.org
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36476. London. 8 June 1901. p. 9.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36902. London. 18 October 1902. p. 9.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 5.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36936. London. 27 November 1902. p. 7.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36948. London. 11 December 1902. p. 10.
^ Wreckers at Work on H.M.S. Flora, New York Times, 5 December 1903
^ http://www.olddevonport.uk/Royal%20Navy%20in%20Old%20Devonport-Training%20Ships-HMS%20Indus.htm

Publications

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.

External links

Media related to HMS Flora (ship, 1893) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] The Times (London), Thursday, 25 July 1895, p.10

[2] 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.

[3] Historyofwar.org

[4] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36476. London. 8 June 1901. p. 9.

[5] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36902. London. 18 October 1902. p. 9.

[6] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 5.

[7] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36936. London. 27 November 1902. p. 7.

[8] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36948. London. 11 December 1902. p. 10.

[9] Wreckers at Work on H.M.S. Flora, New York Times, 5 December 1903

[10] ttp://www.olddevonport.uk/Royal%20Navy%20in%20Old%20Devonport-Training%20Ships-HMS%20Indus.htm

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v t e Astraea-class cruisers
Astraea Bonaventure Cambrian Charybdis Flora Forte Fox Hermione
Preceded by: Apollo class Followed by: Eclipse class
List of cruisers of the Royal Navy

History
HMS Flora
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Flora
Builder	Pembroke Dock
Launched	21 November 1893
Commissioned	24 July 1895^[1]
Decommissioned	March 1922
Renamed	TS Indus II in April 1915
Fate	Sold 12 December 1922 for breaking up in Dover
General characteristics
Class and type	Astraea-class cruiser
Displacement	4,360 long tons (4,430 t) fully loaded
Length	320 ft (98 m)
Beam	49 ft 6 in (15.09 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft, 3 cycle TE, 8 cylinder boilers 7,500 hp (5,600 kW) natural draught; 9,500 hp (7,100 kW) forced draught Coal 1000 tons maximum load
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h) natural draught 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) forced draught
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km)
Complement	44
Armament	2 × QF 6 in (152 mm) guns 8 × QF 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 1 × 3 pdr (47 mm) quick firing gun 4 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck 2 in (51 mm) Conning tower 3 in (76 mm) Gunshields 4.5 in (114 mm) engine hatch 5 in (127 mm)

HMS Flora (1893)

Operational history

References

Publications

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