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with one pair immediately aft of the foremast, one pair between the single funnel and the mainmast, and one pair immediately forward of the mizzenmast. The ships were built with three masts (for which sails were provided), but the mainmast was subsequently removed from most ships during refits
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with all ships completed between 1887 and 1888. These ships mainly served in the
British Empire's foreign fleets being on various stations throughout the north Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Throughout their careers they were involved in a number of local conflicts including the
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The six ships of the 1884 Programme were all contracted to
Thomson as a fixed price of £55,916 each, plus £31,667 each for machinery. The two further vessels were built at Devonport Dockyard at a cost of £60,606 each for the hulls; their machinery was contracted from
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to replace existing sloops as ancillaries for working with the
British Fleet and also for trade protection; a total of twenty such ships were planned by him, but only eight were built. Six ships were ordered under the 1884 Programme and built by
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class would quickly lose their usefulness to the Royal Navy as shipbuilding and design moved at a rapid pace around the turn of the century. All seven ships would be sold for scrap in 1905 and 1906.
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while also being able to strike larger vessels with their own torpedoes. To this end they filled the role that would be soon taken over by early
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These third class cruisers of the Royal Navy were also known as torpedo cruisers. They were designed to meet and defeat smaller
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was caught in heavy storm off the northwest coast of Spain. The ship attempted to reach shelter but ran aground near
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between 1897 and 1900. Eventually eight torpedo tubes were fitted, with a total of 12 torpedoes carried.
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Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII
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concluded that the ship had been lost as a result of a navigation error.
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17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) at forced draught
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226:4,500 hp (3,400 kW) at forced draught
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776:"Aniversario del naufragio del "HMS Serpent""
1023:Victorian-era cruisers of the United Kingdom
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826:British Cruisers of the Victorian Era
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816:. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
308:25 mm (0.98 in) gunshield
24:
997:List of cruisers of the Royal Navy
218:14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
25:
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290:1 × 14 in (360 mm) bow
305:0.375 in (9.5 mm) deck
287:Torpedo tubes (all above water):
91:
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1018:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
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270:6 in (152.4 mm) guns
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717:The seven other ships of the
293:2 × twin 14 in side-launching
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18:Archer-class torpedo cruiser
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431:at a cost of £31,000 each.
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649:Wrecked 10 November 1890
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311:75 mm (3.0 in)
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896:-class torpedo cruisers
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369:First Sino-Japanese War
171:General characteristics
847:. Chatham Publishing.
843:Winfield, Rif (1904).
743:Warrior to Dreadnought
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234:2 cyl HDACE, 4 boiler
210:36 ft (11 m)
1028:Archer-class cruisers
808:Clowes, William Laird
687:On 10 November 1890,
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387:Design for the class
765:Clowes pp. 430–431.
698:on the treacherous
568:Sold February 1905
622:Sold 3 April 1906
595:Sold 4 April 1905
514:Sold 4 April 1905
487:Sold 4 April 1905
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365:Anglo-Zanzibar War
360:Devonport Dockyard
79:Devonport Dockyard
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562:12 February 1888
511:16 December 1890
484:11 December 1888
478:23 December 1885
429:Harland and Wolff
348:J & G Thomson
343:Astley Cooper Key
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118:Succeeded by
70:J & G Thomson
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637:9 November 1885
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667:6 May 1887
643:March 1888
559:7 May 1886
105:Preceded by
1012:Categories
801:References
670:July 1888
661:Devonport
634:Devonport
589:July 1888
508:July 1887
481:July 1887
454:Completed
448:Laid down
371:, and the
339:Royal Navy
255:Complement
231:Propulsion
179:3rd class
99:Royal Navy
42:circa 1888
788:2 October
741:(2010) .
725:Citations
696:Camariñas
689:HMS
607:Thompson
451:Launched
399:designs.
397:destroyer
352:Clydebank
333:of eight
276:3-pounder
192:long tons
147:Completed
142:1890–1906
134:1885–1886
87:Operators
982:Marathon
936:Porpoise
824:(1912).
810:(1903).
580:Thomson
553:Thomson
548:Porpoise
526:Thomson
499:Thomson
472:Thomson
445:Builder
415:sponsons
335:cruisers
263:Armament
123:Marathon
64:Builders
950:Serpent
922:Cossack
712:Serpent
704:Galicia
691:Serpent
629:Serpent
575:Cossack
356:Glasgow
337:of the
215:Draught
181:cruiser
163:Retired
74:Glasgow
957:Tartar
943:Racoon
929:Mohawk
908:Archer
894:Archer
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602:Tartar
494:Mohawk
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404:Archer
379:Design
329:was a
325:Archer
300:Armour
199:Length
190:1,770
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57:Archer
40:Archer
984:class
975:class
973:Scout
915:Brisk
521:Brisk
460:Fate
442:Name
435:Ships
411:class
409:Scout
331:class
327:class
247:Range
239:Speed
131:Built
125:class
112:class
110:Scout
59:class
849:ISBN
830:ISBN
790:2015
747:ISBN
683:Fate
422:Cost
402:The
322:The
281:2 ×
274:6 ×
268:6 ×
207:Beam
176:Type
155:Lost
53:Name
38:HMS
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