HMS Mohawk (1886)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Mohawk.

HMS Mohawk was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 6 February 1886.^[1]

HMS Mohawk anchored in Sydney Harbour in 1897
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Mohawk
Builder	J. & G. Thompson, Glasgow
Laid down	2 March 1885
Launched	6 February 1886
Fate	Sold to Garnham for breaking up at Chatham on 4 April 1905
General characteristics
Class and type	Archer-class torpedo cruiser
Notes

Her first service was on the Cape Station between 1890 and 1892.^[2] In 1893, Mohawk was serving on the North America and West Indies Station when civil disorder broke out on the island of Dominica. A party of Marines and sailors were landed to assist the local police in stopping the rioting. Four rioters were killed and several injured on both sides, including the commanding officer of Mohawk, Commander Edward Henry Bayley, before order was restored.^[3]

Mohawk commenced service on the Australia Station in December 1897. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, she escorted the New South Wales Naval Brigade to Peking before commencing service on the China Station.^[1] On 24 April 1901 she was paid off into the Fleet Reserve at Chatham.^[4]

She was recommissioned on 8 January 1903 by Commander Edward G. Wright Davy, to replace the Scout on the Mediterranean Station,^[5] with Commander Ernest Gaunt transferring from that ship to be in command as she arrived.^[6][2] In April 1904 she saw service during the Somaliland Campaign, including supplying men for the landing party that stormed and captured the forts at Illig.^[7] She returned to England in 1905, and on 4 April that year was sold to Garnham for £4,850 for breaking up at Chatham.^[1]

Citations

1. Bastock, p.108.
2. "HMS Mohawk (1886) CC (9th)". Britainsnavy.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
3. Clowes p. 413.
4. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36439. London. 26 April 1901. p. 10.
5. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36973. London. 9 January 1903. p. 5.
6. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36940. London. 2 December 1902. p. 6.
7. "The capture of the forts at Illig from the Mad Mullah, 21 April 1904", Paul G Lane. Orders & Medals Research Society Journal (Volume 59, number 2) June 2020. pp 152-156.

References

• Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
• Clowes, William Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.