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HMS Serpent (1887)

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rated at 4,500 indicated horsepower (3,400 kW), which were fed by four boilers and drove two shafts for a speed of 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph). 475 tons of coal were carried, sufficient to give a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi), and three masts were
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took part in the 1888 Fleet manoeuvres, where her machinery proved unreliable, and in the 1889 manoeuvres. On 8 November 1890,
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was 1,770 long tons (1,800 t) normal and 1,950 long tons (1,980 t) full load. The ship's machinery, built by
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inch (10 mm) deck, with 1 inch (25 mm) gunshields and 3 inches (76 mm) protecting the ship's
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Torpedo cruisers were small, relatively fast, ships intended to defend the fleet against attacks by hostile
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The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII
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The dead are buried where they were washed ashore at the English cemetery,
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concluded that the ship had been lost as a result of a navigation error.
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in northwest Spain with the loss of 173 people out of 176 in her crew.
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off Cape Villano, the scene immediately after the vessel struck.
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completed the ship's armament. Armour consisted of a
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Index

HMS Serpent

Devonport Dockyard
Archer-class
torpedo cruiser
oa
6-inch (5 ton) guns
3-pounder
torpedo tubes
deck
conning tower
Archer-class
torpedo cruiser
Royal Navy
Devonport Dockyard
Cape Vilan
laid down
Devonport Dockyard
Archer-class
torpedo cruisers
launched
torpedo boats
Scout-class
long overall
between perpendiculars
beam
draught
Displacement
Harland and Wolff
compound steam engines

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