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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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Revision as of 10:03, 4 November 2015

H.M.S. Tauranga (1889)
Builder: Thomson, Glasgow[1]
Laid down: 1 Dec, 1888[2]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1889[3]
Commissioned: 27 Jan, 1891[4]
Sold: 1906[5]

H.M.S. Tauranga was one of nine cruisers of the Pearl class completed for the Royal Navy in 1891 and 1892.

She was originally named Phoenix, but was renamed on 2 April, 1890.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 257.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 257.
  7. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1239.
  8. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1254.
  9. Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1105.
  10. Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1105.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Pearl Class Third Class Protected Cruiser
Katoomba Mildura Pallas Pearl Phoebe
  Philomel Ringarooma Tauranga Wallaroo  
<– Barracouta Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Barham Class –>