hms hms later pearl class cruiser fifth ship served royal_navy commissioning served cape good hope station later mediterranean_fleet loaned new_zealand service later early stages world war performed convoy escort duties carried operations mediterranean turks later conducted patrols red_sea worn dispatched new_zealand served depot ship transferred devonport naval base service training ship decommissioned sold scrap hulk scuttled design description hms laid naval dockyard devonport plymouth derived greek mythology daughter king athens fifth ship named ship overall length feet beam feet draught feet inches displaced long tons propulsion cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving shafts produced total indicated horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph rigged sail installing foremast noticed stamped devonport dockyard main armament consisted inch guns secondary armament pounders machine guns ship mounted submerged inch torpedo tubes launched august completed following march completing sea trials commissioned royal_navy november commanded captain assigned cape good hope station fitting work working trials meant arrive south_africa june operational history years served station slave traders coast africa participated rebels murdered seized palace bombarded palace fortress ship action lasted hour resulted routing rebels following year transferred participated refit completed returned cape good hope station served second boer war complement men served field inch guns disembarked war returned devonport paid march laid years refit carried dock ireland tow ireland went night north_sea rope vessel broke recommissioned february service mediterranean_fleet command captain provided assistance wake earthquake sicily following year served running patrols years transfer new_zealand admiralty agreed lend new_zealand training cruiser form nucleus newly established new division royal_navy response desire new_zealand minister defence time wanted establish local naval force operate fledgling recommissioned october singapore later sailed new_zealand join class cruisers serving commissioned new_zealand service july command captain mainly country warship world war short voyage july prior taking complement new_zealand cadets recalled wellington harbour anticipation outbreak war largely personnel royal_navy volunteers brought board bring ship strength supplies departed await instructions august formed ocean escort new_zealand forces dispatched occupy escort unlikely offer resistance german cruisers sms known area fortunately convoy encounter german ships steamed deliver news hostilities returning new_zealand main body formed service overseas ready embark wellington convoy middle_east escorted convoy far western australia sailed singapore search german cruiser carrying raids indian_ocean ships modern reached received news sinking arrived singapore november continued escorting french late needing maintenance update equipment malta underwent overhaul completed late january started operations mediterranean turks february landed armed party large force turkish soldiers encountered resulting seamen killed wounded action marked deaths war new serving new_zealand formation subsequently deployed red_sea remainder year december sailed bombay maintenance work january continuing patrolling end year engines giving trouble stern worn lengthy costly refit required cost ship nearly end operational life admiralty decided gift new_zealand dispatched home paid duly arrived march large portion royal_navy crew returned england assigned armament removed recommissioned depot ship wellington supporting operations postwar service march creation royal_navy recommissioned training base steamed berth wellington dockyard devonport naval base moored alongside training operated training facility new recruits naval service command series officers royal_navy including nearly months commander training armament installed boilers engines removed create accommodation space accommodation form wooden later constructed deck october creation recommissioned training base fate paid decommissioned january transferred day sent signal stated regret passing service majesty ship meant served goes good ships gone colours hauled sunset evening tradition established long career live depot given hulk sold based towed deliberately ran aground harbour near wharf fittings parts removed towed sea sunk near august teak timber fittings went newly built coaster named amalgamation crest mounted gate devonport naval base
HMS Philomel (1890)