HMS Australia (1886)

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Name: HMS Australia
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down: 21 April 1885
Launched: 25 November 1886
Fate: Sold for breaking up 4 April 1905
General characteristics
Displacement: 5,600 tons
Length: 300 ft (91 m)
Beam: 56 ft (17 m)
Draught: 22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion: 3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines
two shafts
4 double-ended boilers
5,500 hp
8,500 hp forced-draught
Speed: 17 knots natural draught
18 knots forced draught
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 484
Armament: 2 × BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) Mk V guns
10 x BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns (10 x 1)
6 × 6 pdr guns (6 × 1) QF
10 × 3 pdr guns (10 × 1) QF
6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes:
4 above-water broadside
1 bow and 1 stern submerged
Armour: 10 in (254 mm) belt
12 in (304.8 mm) conning tower

HMS Australia, an Orlando-class cruiser of the Royal Navy completed in 1888 and named after the colonies (later to be nation) of Australia. She was scrapped at Troon in 1905.

During her time in service, future Vice Admiral Charles Royds served aboard her.

The only other warships to be named Australia have belonged to the Royal Australian Navy.

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