HMS Challenger (1902)
{{short description|Cruiser of the Royal Navy}}
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HMS Challenger was a second-class protected cruiser of the {{sclass|Challenger|cruiser|0}} of the Royal Navy.
Construction
Challenger was designed by Sir William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, and was built at the Chatham Dockyard, where she was laid down on 1 December 1900.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=27 May 1902 |page=10 |issue=36778}} She was launched there on 27 May 1902, when she was named by Eva Holland, wife of Rear-Admiral S. C. Holland, Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence - Float-out of the Challenger |date=28 May 1902 |page=9 |issue=36779}}
Her machinery was made by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, and there were 12 boilers of the Babcock & Wilcox type.
Service history
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Challenger was commissioned by Captain F.C.T. Tudor, R.N., on 3 May 1904,Sheerness Times (Saturday, 7 May 1904), p. 7. and commenced duty on the Australia Station in July 1904 as recruit training ship.Evening News (Sydney) (Saturday, 23 July 1904), p. 6.Bastock, p.128-130. She was paid off into reserve on 10 October 1912 before recommissioning during the First World War. She initially served as part of the Ninth Cruiser Squadron off West Africa before serving in East African waters. She was sold in 1920 and was broken up for scrap.
Notes
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References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. {{ISBN|0-86777-348-0}}
External links
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Category:Challenger-class cruisers of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships built in Chatham
Category:World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom
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