HMS Pomone (1897)
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Sister ship HMS Pandora
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| Name: | HMS Pomone |
| Namesake: | Pomona |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard, Kent |
| Laid down: | 21 December 1896 |
| Launched: | 25 November 1897 |
| Completed: | May 1899 |
| Decommissioned: | October 1904 |
| Reclassified: | hulked as training ship, 5 Jan 1910 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 25 October 1922 |
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| Class and type: | Pelorus-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 2,135 long tons (2,169 t) |
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| Beam: | 36 ft 6 in (11.1 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Installed power: | 7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) |
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| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range: | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) |
| Complement: | 224 |
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HMS Pomone was a Pelorus-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. The ship's boilers were so troublesome that she was decommissioned in 1904 after only a single foreign deployment. She was hulked in 1910 and served as a stationary training ship until 1922 when she was sold for scrap.
These "third-class" cruisers were designed by Sir William White. They were designed for colonial service rather than support of the main fleet. This class served as testbeds for a variety of water-tube boiler designs and those used by Pomone were so unsatisfactory that the ship was decommissioned after only five years of service.
HMS Pomone displaced 2,135 long tons (2,169 t), with an overall length of 313 feet 6 inches (95.6 m), a beam of 36 feet 6 inches (11.1 m) and a draft of 16 feet (4.9 m). She was powered by two inverted 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft. Steam was supplied by 16 coal-fired Blechynden water-tube boilers. The engines were intended to develop a maximum of 7,000 indicated horsepower (5,200 kW) under forced draft, but developed a total of 7,340 indicated horsepower (5,470 kW) during her sea trials and gave a maximum speed of 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph). The ship had a crew of 224 officers and men.
Pomone was armed with eight single QF 4-inch (102 mm) guns, eight QF 3-pounder guns, three machine guns, and two 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes. Her protective deck ranged from 1.5 to 2 inches (38 to 51 mm) in thickness and the ship had a conning tower with walls 3 inches (76 mm) thick. The four-inch guns were protected by gun shields 0.25 inches (6.4 mm) thick.
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