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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Condor'' sailed from Esquimalt, Canada on 2 December, 1901 to sail to Honolulu. She was last seen parting company with {{UK-1Warspite}}, and her loss was presumed to be related to a severe storm the following day. One of her boats and related wreckage washed ashore on Vancouver Island and along Queen Charlotte Sound as a search by {{UK-1Phaeton|f=p}} and American Revenue Cutters proved fruitless.{{HepperLosses|pp. 16, 17}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== |
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H.M.S. Condor (1898) | |
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Builder: | Sheerness DYd[1] |
Laid down: | 1 Jan, 1898[2] |
Launched: | 17 Dec, 1898[3] |
Commissioned: | 1 Nov, 1900[4] |
Foundered: | 3 Dec, 1901[5] |
Fate: | off Cape Flattery |
H.M.S. Condor was one of six Condor Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Condor sailed from Esquimalt, Canada on 2 December, 1901 to sail to Honolulu. She was last seen parting company with Warspite, and her loss was presumed to be related to a severe storm the following day. One of her boats and related wreckage washed ashore on Vancouver Island and along Queen Charlotte Sound as a search by H.M.S. Phaeton and American Revenue Cutters proved fruitless.[6]
Captains
- Commander Clifton Sclater, 1 November, 1900[7] – c. 3 December, 1901[8] (killed when she foundered in a storm)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 16, 17.
- ↑ Slater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1200.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
Bibliography
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