Sold for Scrap 1921
HMS Talbot
Displacement: 5600 tons. I.H.P: c.8,000 Length: 350 feet. Beam: 53 ft 6 ins. Depth: 20 ft 6 ins. Speed: c.18.5 knots. Complement: 450.
The second-class cruiser Talbot was commissioned for the North America and West Indies Station on September 15th 1895 by Captain Edward H Gamble who had previously commanded Raleigh, St George and Endymion. The Talbot was a new type of ship which was only 10 ft shorter than the first-class cruisers of the Edgar class and she was also one knot faster.
Service Included:
Cruiser Force G / 12 Cruiser Squadron Channel.
September 1914 Captured German merchant ship.
April 1915 Dardanelles.
May 1916 East Africa.
1918 Cape of Good Hope.
1921 Sold for scrap.
