HMS Galatea (1887)

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HMS Galatea was one of seven Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1880s. She was sold for scrap on 5 April 1905.

Design and description

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Construction and service

Galatea, named for the eponymous figure from Greek legend,[3] was laid down on 21 April 1885 by Robert Napier and Sons at their shipyard in Govan, Glasgow. The ship was launched on 10 March 1887, and completed in March 1889.[4]

She held a continuous commission as coast guard ship at Humber district based at Hull from 3 May 1893 until February 1903.[5] On 12 May 1894, a six-pounder blank round exploded when Galatea was saluting ships of the German fleet at Firth of Forth. One of the ship's crew was killed and another badly injured, having to have an arm amputated.[6] On the night of 10/11 February 1898, Galatea was at anchor on the Humber when the steamer Marbella, carrying a cargo of racehorses, collided with the cruiser. The steamer sank within ten minutes, but MarbellaTemplate:'s crew and the single passenger safely evacuated to Galatea before the steamer sank, although all the racehorses were lost.[7] Captain Charles Henry Cross was appointed in command in September 1898, and was briefly succeeded by Captain Richard William White in March–April 1900,[8] during which she escorted the royal yacht Victoria and Albert with Queen Victoria on a visit to Ireland.[9] From April that year Captain Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce was in command. She was under the command of Captain Robert Stevenson Dalton Cuming from February 1902 until February 1903,[10] during which she took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII,[11] and visited Copenhagen the following month.[12]

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b c d Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 65
  2. ↑ Friedman, p. 146
  3. ↑ Silverstone, p. 252
  4. ↑ Lyon & Winfield, p. 269
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