MUTINE HMS 1901
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:10 pm
Built as a steel screw sloop under yard No 635 by Laird Bross, Birkenhead for the Royal Navy.
02 November 1898 keel laid down.
1 January 1900 launched as the HMS MUTNE one of the Condor class.
Displacement 980 ton, dim. 54.9 x 10.06 x 3.5m.
Powered by vertical triple expansion steam engines, 1,400 ihp, twin shafts, speed 13.2 knots.
Bunker capacity 160 tons coal.
Range by a speed of 10 knots, 3,000 mile.
Armament: 6 – 4 inch QF and 4 – 3pdr. guns. 2 Maxim machine guns.
28 November 1901 commissioned.
On her voyage from Birkenhead to Portsmouth she had an accident in her boiler room in which she lost some men.
After commissioned based at the China Station.
December 1903 arrived at Sydney under command of Commander E.E. Lacey as replacement for the HMS KARAKATTA; after arrival she commenced service on the Australia Station.
She carried out routine duties with the Australia Squadron until 06 February 1905 when she sailed from Australia for the U.K.
After arrival in the U.K. converted to a research vessel.
May 1907 again commissioned.
September 1925 employed as a drill ship for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR.)
16 August 1932 sold to Ward, Briton Ferry, Wales for breaking up.
Cayman Islands 198950c sg693, scott616.
Source: Ships of the Royal Navy by J.J. Colledge. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz
Ships on the Australia Station by John Bastock.
02 November 1898 keel laid down.
1 January 1900 launched as the HMS MUTNE one of the Condor class.
Displacement 980 ton, dim. 54.9 x 10.06 x 3.5m.
Powered by vertical triple expansion steam engines, 1,400 ihp, twin shafts, speed 13.2 knots.
Bunker capacity 160 tons coal.
Range by a speed of 10 knots, 3,000 mile.
Armament: 6 – 4 inch QF and 4 – 3pdr. guns. 2 Maxim machine guns.
28 November 1901 commissioned.
On her voyage from Birkenhead to Portsmouth she had an accident in her boiler room in which she lost some men.
After commissioned based at the China Station.
December 1903 arrived at Sydney under command of Commander E.E. Lacey as replacement for the HMS KARAKATTA; after arrival she commenced service on the Australia Station.
She carried out routine duties with the Australia Squadron until 06 February 1905 when she sailed from Australia for the U.K.
After arrival in the U.K. converted to a research vessel.
May 1907 again commissioned.
September 1925 employed as a drill ship for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR.)
16 August 1932 sold to Ward, Briton Ferry, Wales for breaking up.
Cayman Islands 198950c sg693, scott616.
Source: Ships of the Royal Navy by J.J. Colledge. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz
Ships on the Australia Station by John Bastock.