H.M.S. Flora (1893)

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H.M.S. Flora (1893)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[2]
Launched: 21 Nov, 1893[3]
Sold: 12 Dec, 1922[4]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Flora was one of eight Astræa class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy between 1894 and 1896.

Service

Flora recommissioned at Colombo on 16 September, 1911. In mid-1913, she was serving on the China Station.[5]

In April, 1915, she was renamed Indus II and became a training ship. She was sold on 12 December, 1922.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 323.
  5. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 313-5.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 323.
  7. Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1056.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Nugent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  14. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
  15. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 313-5.

Bibliography


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