HMAS Fantome
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Fantome in pre-war paint
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Fantome |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard, Kent |
| Laid down: | 8 January 1900 |
| Launched: | 23 March 1901 |
| Christened: | Miss Kennedy |
| Fate: | Transferred to RAN |
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Australia
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| Name: | HMAS Fantome |
| Acquired: | 27 November 1914 |
| Recommissioned: | 27 July 1915 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 January 1919 |
| Fate: | Transferred to RN |
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United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Fantome |
| Acquired: | April 1920 |
| Fate: | Sold at Sydney on 30 January 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cadmus-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,070 tons |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,400 hp (1,044 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Barquentine-rigged, later removed |
| Endurance: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 130 |
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| Armour: | Protective deck of 1 to 1.5 in (2.5 to 3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers |
HMS Fantome was an Cadmus-class sloop launched in 1901, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1914, returned to the Royal Navy in 1920, and sold in 1924. She was the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, which is from the French fantôme, meaning "ghost".
Fantome was constructed of steel to a design by William White, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction. Propulsion was provided by a three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engine developing 1,400 horsepower (1,000 kW) and driving twin screws. The Cadmus class was an evolution of the Condor-class sloop, carrying more coal, which in turn gave a greater length and displacement. This class comprised the very last screw sloops built for the Royal Navy.
As designed and built the class was fitted with a barquentine-rigged sailplan. After Condor was lost in a gale in 1901, the Admiralty abandoned sails entirely.Fantome had a gantry erected over her fore-mast sometime prior to 1909, which would have prevented use of her sails.
The class was armed with six 4in/25pdr (1 ton) quick-firing Mk III breech loaders and four 3-pounder quick-firing breech loaders, as well as several machine guns.Fantome had her armament reduced to two QF 3-pounders for survey work, and later increased again for patrol work during World War I.
HMS Fantome was laid down at Sheerness Royal Dockyard in Kent 8 January 1900, and launched on 23 March 1901 when she was christened by Miss Kennedy, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir William Kennedy, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. She was fitted with two Niclausse boilers manufactured by Messrs Humphrys and Tennant.
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