HMS Philomel (1890)
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HMS Philomel in New Zealand service
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 Royal NavyUnited Kingdom
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| Builder: | HM Naval Dockyard, Plymouth |
| Launched: | 28 August 1890 |
| Commissioned: | 1890 |
| Decommissioned: | 1914 |
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Royal NavyNZ Naval Forces
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| Commissioned: | 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | 1921 |
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Royal NavyNZ Division
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| Commissioned: | 1921 |
| Decommissioned: | 1941 |
 Royal New Zealand NavyNew Zealand
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| Commissioned: | 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 1947 |
| Fate: | Sunk at Coromandel 1949 |
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| Class and type: | Pearl-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 2,575 long tons (2,616 t) |
| Length: | 278 ft (84.7 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Draught: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Installed power: | 7,500 ihp on forced draught |
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| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Complement: | 220 |
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HMS Philomel, later HMNZS Philomel, was a Pearl-class cruiser. She was the fifth ship of that name and served with the Royal Navy. After her commissioning in 1890, she served on the Cape of Good Hope Station and later with the Mediterranean Fleet.
In 1914, she was loaned to New Zealand for service with what would later become the Royal New Zealand Navy. During the early stages of the First World War she performed convoy escort duties and then carried out operations in the Mediterranean against the Turks. She later conducted patrols in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
By 1917, she was worn out and dispatched back to New Zealand where she served as a depot ship in Wellington Harbour for minesweepers. In 1921 she was transferred to the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland for service as a training ship. Decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1947, her hulk was scuttled in 1949.
HMS Philomel was laid down on 9 May 1889 at HM Naval Dockyard in Devonport, Plymouth. Her name is derived from Philomela, in Greek mythology the daughter of Pandion I, King of Athens, and was the fifth ship to be so named.
The ship had an overall length of 278 feet (84.7 m), a beam of 41 feet (12.5 m) and a draught of 17 feet 6 inches (5.3 m). She displaced 2,575 long tons (2,616 t). Propulsion was through 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, driving two shafts, which produced a total of 7,500 indicated horsepower (5,600 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). She was also rigged for sail and when installing the foremast, workmen noticed it was stamped "Devonport Dockyard 1757". Her main armament consisted of eight QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns with a secondary armament of eight 3-pounders. As well as four machine guns, the ship also mounted two submerged 14-inch (360 mm) torpedo tubes.
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