HMS Proserpine (1896)
{{Short description|Pelorus-class cruiser}}
{{other ships|HMS Proserpine}}
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HMS Proserpine was a {{sclass|Pelorus|cruiser|3}} of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White. While well armed for their size, they were primarily workhorses for the overseas fleet on "police" duties and did not serve with the main battlefleet.
They displaced 2,135 tons, had a crew complement of 224 men and were armed with eight QF 4 inch (102 mm) (25 pounder) guns, eight 3 pounder guns, three machine guns, and two 18 inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes. With reciprocating triple expansion engines and a variety of boilers, the top speed was {{convert|20|kn|km/h}}.
Service history
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HMS Proserpine was laid down at Sheerness Dockyard in March 1896, and launched on 5 December 1896 when she was christened by Lady Nicholson, wife of Sir Henry Nicholson, Commander-in-Chief at The Nore.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=7 December 1896 |page=12 |issue=35067}}
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Captain John Locke Marx was appointed in command in September 1898, for service on the North America and West Indies Station, which had headquarters at Bermuda and (during summer) Halifax. In March 1900 she visited Nassau, Bahamas to assist HMS Hermes, stranded there with a broken shaft.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=7 March 1900 |page=10 |issue=36083}} Commander Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux was appointed in command in October 1900. She returned to pay off at Chatham in early November 1901.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=4 November 1901 |page=6 |issue=36603}} Shortly after returning home, she was involved in a collision while she was anchored off Sheerness harbour. The Royal Zeeland Steamship Company mailboat Koningen Regentes struck the bow of Proserpine, leaving slight damage to both vessels.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision off Sheerness |date=8 November 1901 |page=10 |issue=36607}} She was subsequently taken to Chatham Dockyard for repairs, and paid off at the naval base there 28 November 1901.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=29 November 1901 |page=9 |issue=36625}}
East Indies Station 1904–12, Mediterranean 1913.
Returned to the UK, joined the 3rd Fleet 1913–14, 7th Channel Cruiser Squadron 1914.
Sent to the Mediterranean, East Indies and Egypt 1914-18 and finally the Red Sea 1918 to blockade Somalia, and gun running prevention in the Persian Gulf.{{cite book |last1=Furness |first1=A. W. |title=A man-of-war in the East Indies : being the Log of Commission of H.M.S. "Proserpine" 1908-1910 : with a full account of the blockade of the Somali Coast, and the prevention of gun-running in the Persian Gulf |date=1910 |publisher=Westminster Press |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012155388 |accessdate=11 June 2018}}
Sold for scrap on 30 November 1919, at Alexandria 1919 and broken up at Genoa.{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Ian M. |title=HMS Proserpine (1898) CC (7th) |url=http://www.britainsnavy.co.uk/Ships/HMS%20Proserpine/HMS%20Proserpine%20(1898)%20CC%207.htm |website=britainsnavy.co.uk |accessdate=11 June 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|HMS Proserpine (ship, 1896)}}
- [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Pelorous.html World War I Naval Combat webpage]
{{Pelorus class cruisers}}
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Category:Pelorus-class cruisers of the Royal Navy