HMS Endymion (1891)
HMS Endymion
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Endymion |
| Namesake: | Endymion |
| Builder: | C & W Earle, Hull |
| Laid down: | 21 November 1889 |
| Launched: | 22 July 1891 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 16 March 1920 |
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| Class and type: | Edgar-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,350 tons |
| Length: | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
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HMS Endymion was a first-class protected cruiser of the Edgar class. She served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and later in the First World War, and was sold in 1920.
Endymion had a length of 387 feet 6 inches (118.11 m) long overall and 360 feet (109.73 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 60 feet (18.29 m) and a draught of 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 m). She displaced 7,350 long tons (7,470 t). Armament consisted of two 9.2 inch guns, on the ships centreline, backed up by ten six-inch guns, of which four were in casemates on the main deck and the remainder behind open shields. Twelve 6-pounder and four 3-pounder guns provided anti-torpedo-boat defences, while four 18 inch torpedo tubes were fitted.
The Edgars were protected cruisers, with an arched, armoured deck 5–3 inches (127–76 mm) thick at about waterline level. The casemate armour was 6 inches (152 mm) thick, with 3 inches (76 mm) thick shields for the 9.2 inch guns and 10 inches (254 mm) armour on the ship's conning tower. It contained four double-ended cylindrical Fairfields boilers feeding steam at 150 pounds per square inch (1,000 kPa) to 2 three-cylinder triple expansion engines, which drove two shafts. This gave 12,000 indicated horsepower (8,900 kW) under forced draught, giving a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
Endymion was launched on 22 July 1891.
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