HMS Algerine (1895)
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HMS Algerine was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". steel screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Devonport in 1895, saw action in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and later served on the Pacific Station. She was stripped of her crew at Esquimalt in 1914, and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1917, being commissioned as HMCS Algerine. She was sold as a salvage vessel in 1919 and wrecked in 1923.
Design
Algerine was a Phoenix-class steel screw sloop mounting 10 guns. She and her sister ship, Phoenix, were designed by Sir William White, the Admiralty Chief Constructor. The class was essentially a twin-screw version of the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. The ship had length overall Script error: No such module "convert". and measured Script error: No such module "convert". between perpendiculars. The vessel had a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
Algerine was constructed of steel and given a protective deck of Script error: No such module "convert". steel armour over her machinery and boilers.[1]
Propulsion
As built the class were rigged with a barquentine sail plan (square rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft rigged on main and mizzen). This was removed in later years, leaving her dependent on her engines alone.[1] However, the masts were never removed.[2]
Algerine was provided with a three-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engine developing Script error: No such module "convert". and driving twin screws. The machinery was provided by Devonport Dockyard. This gave the vessel a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
Armament
Her armament consisted primarily of six 4-inch quick-firing guns weighing a ton each and firing a Script error: No such module "convert". shell. In addition she was fitted with four 3-pounder guns and three machine guns.[1] The machine guns were .45 calibre Maxim guns.[2]
Service history
The ship was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 25 July 1894 and launched on 6 June 1895.[1] Algerine was deployed to the China Station, under Commander Edmond Slade from 1898. She was recommissioned at Hong Kong on 15 February 1900 by Commander Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart,[3] and served in Chinese waters during the Boxer Rebellion.[4] In June 1900 Algerine was involved in an attack on the Taku Forts by an international naval force, including contributing to a multi-national landing party, and had six men wounded.[5] She also landed a 4-inch gun, and this was used in the capture of Tientsin.[6] Commander Rowland Nugent was appointed in command on 1 May 1902.[7]
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Algerine served on the Pacific Station at Esquimalt and on the West Coast of the Canada.[6][8] At the onset of World War I, Algerine and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". were deployed as part of an international squadron off the coast of Mexico, protecting foreign interests during their civil war. Two German cruisers, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". were reported on the west coast of North America on 4 August 1914 when news of the war broke. Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". was ordered south to cover their withdrawal to Esquimalt, with Algerine making contact with Rainbow only on 14 August after having run short on coal. They entered Esquimalt on 15 August.[9][10] Following her arrival at Esquimalt, her crew was sent to man Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and the ship lay unused in harbour for most of the First World War.[11][8]
In 1917 Algerine was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy to serve as a depot ship at Esquimalt.[8] She was sold on 11 April 1919 for use as a salvage vessel.[1] In her new guise she was wrecked on 13 October 1923 in the Principe Channel, British Columbia.[8] when she ran aground on Brodie Rock. She was then towed to Victoria and sold for scrap in January 1924. (Provincial Archives). The sixth vessel to bear this name.[12]
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Notes
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- ↑ a b c d Macpherson and Barrie, p.17
- ↑ German, pp. 37-38
- ↑ Johnston et al., p. 307
- ↑ Johnston et al., p.324
- ↑ Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945–1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions
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External links
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- OldWeather.org transcription of ship's logbooks August 1914
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