HMS Lizard (1886)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lizard.
HMS Lizard, c.1890.
History
Name: HMS Lizard
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number: 190
Launched: 27 November 1886
Completed: 4 February 1887
Fate: Sold February 1905 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Class and type: Bramble-class screw gunboat
Displacement: 715 tons (810 tons loaded)
Length: 165 ft (50 m)
Beam: 29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught: 11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Speed: 13 kn (24 km/h)
Range: 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement: 76
Armament:

HMS Lizard was a Bramble-class screw gunboat of the Royal Navy, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched on 27 November 1886.[1]

She commenced service on the Australia Station in January 1888,[1] serving in New Zealand waters. In 1900 she was detached to serve on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion, and she stayed in Chinese waters until August 1901,[2] when she returned to the Australia station. She was the first warship to enter Kiama, New South Wales. She was laid up at Sydney in 1904.[1]

Fate

She was sold in February 1905 for £800 and was broken up at Balmain, Sydney.[1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bastock, p.115.
  2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36532). London. 13 August 1901. p. 5.

References

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