HMS Hyacinth

The Ship


Sold for Scrap 1923


Size:
Length 350 feet pp 372 feet overall, beam 54 feet, draught 22 feet, displacement 5,600 tons load.

Propulsion:
2 shaft TE engines, 10,000 ihp, 20 knots

Armour:
3in gun shields, 3-1.5in decks

Armament:
11 x 6in QF (11 x 1), 9 x 12 pounder QF (9 x 1), 6 x 3 pounder QF (6 x 1), 2 x 18in TT

World War 1 Service:

Flagship Cape station.
18 May 1915 Captured German merchant ship Rubens.
26 March 1916 Sank German merchant ship Tabora.
1923 Sold for scrap.

My Postcards

Postally used (believed 5 May 1905) with other cards.
Postcard series: Valentine's, Crockett Photo

 

Postally used 8 May 05
Postcard series: Valentine's, Valentine's Series

 

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