HMS Gibraltar (1892)

HMS Gibraltar (1892)

HMS "Gibraltar", was an "Edgar" class cruiser launched in 1892 for service in the Royal Navy. She was built and engineered by Messrs Napier of Glasgow. Of 7,700 loaded displacement, she was coal-fired with four double-ended cylindrical boilers driving two shafts. She could make 20 knots with forced draught and 18 knots with natural draught. She was a very good sea boat and an exceptional steamer. Future First Sea Lord John H. D. Cunningham served aboard her as a midshipman.

During her early career she served mainly on foreign stations. Despite her obsolescence, she saw service in World War I, first with the 10th Cruiser Squadron on Northern Patrol and from 1915 as a depot ship for this group, based in the Shetland Islands.

"Gibraltar" was sold in 1923.

References

*Colledge
* Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., "Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5


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