HMS Lizard, c.1890.
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Lizard
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number190
Launched27 November 1886
Completed4 February 1887
FateSold February 1905 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Class and typeBramble-class screw gunboat
Displacement715 tons (810 tons loaded)
Length165 ft (50 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Speed13 kn (24 km/h)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement76
Armament

HMS Lizard was a Bramble-class screw gunboat of the Royal Navy, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched on 27 November 1886.[1]

She commenced service on the Australia Station in January 1888,[1] serving in New Zealand waters. Commander John Campbell Watson was appointed in command in July 1899, and served until late 1902. In 1900 she was detached to serve on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion, and she stayed in Chinese waters until August 1901,[2] when she returned to the Australia station. She was the first warship to enter Kiama, New South Wales. Her crew was paid off in September 1902 and ordered back home on a steamship.[3] She was laid up at Sydney in 1904.[1]

Fate

She was sold in February 1905 for £800 and was broken up at Balmain, Sydney.[1]

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Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bastock, p. 115.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36532. London. 13 August 1901. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36896. London. 11 October 1902. p. 12.

References

  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.


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