HMS Argonaut (1898)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Argonaut.
HMS Argonaut was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the British Royal Navy. She was laid down in 1898, and commissioned for service on the China station in 1900. From 1906 she served in the Home Fleet, and during the First World War she served in the Atlantic. She was converted to hospital ship in 1915, and sold for breaking up in 1920.
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Name | HMS Argonaut |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Laid down | 23 November 1896 |
Launched | 24 January 1898 |
Christened | Hersey Hope, Countess of Hopetoun |
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Fate | Sold for breaking up 18 May 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Diadem-class cruiser |
Displacement | 11,000 tons |
Length | 435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a) |
Beam | 69 ft (21 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
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Speed | 20–20.5 kn (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph) |
Complement | 760 |
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