HMS Algerine (1895)
HMS Algerine at Esquimalt.
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Algerine |
| Builder: | HM Dockyard, Devonport |
| Laid down: | 25 July 1894 |
| Launched: | 6 June 1895 |
| Commissioned: | April 1896 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 September 1914 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy, 1917 |
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Canada
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| Name: | HMCS Algerine |
| Acquired: | 1917 |
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| Type: | Phoenix-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,050 tons |
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| Beam: | 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Barquentine rigged |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
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| Armour: | Protective deck of 1 to 1 1⁄2 in (2.5 to 3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers |
HMS Algerine was a Phoenix-class steel screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Devonport in 1895, saw action in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and later served on the Pacific Station. She was stripped of her crew at Esquimalt in 1914, and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1917, being commissioned as HMCS Algerine. She was sold as a salvage vessel in 1919 and wrecked in 1923.
Algerine was a Phoenix-class steel screw sloop mounting 10 guns. She and her sister ship, Phoenix, were designed by Sir William White, the Admiralty Chief Constructor. The class was essentially a twin-screw version of the Alert-class sloop. The ship had length overall 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m) and measured 185 ft (56 m) between perpendiculars. The vessel had a beam of 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) and a draught of 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m).
Algerine was constructed of steel and given a protective deck of 1 to 1 1⁄2 in (2.5 to 3.8 cm) steel armour over her machinery and boilers.
As built the class were rigged with a barquentine sail plan (square rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft rigged on main and mizzen). This was removed in later years, leaving her dependent on her engines alone. However, the masts were never removed.
Algerine was provided with a three-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engine developing 1,400 indicated horsepower (1,000 kW) and driving twin screws. The machinery was provided by Devonport Dockyard. This gave the vessel a maximum speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).
Her armament consisted primarily of six 4-inch quick-firing guns weighing a ton each and firing a 25-pound (11 kg) shell. In addition she was fitted with four 3-pounder guns and three machine guns. The machine guns were .45 calibre Maxim guns.
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