HMS Niobe

The Ship


Sold for Scrap 1922


Built Vickers, Barrow, laid down December 1895, completed December 1898

1910 Sold to Canadian Government.
1914 North America and West Indies Station.
October 1915 Depot ship at Halifax.
6 December 1917 Damaged by ammunition explosion.
1922 sold for scrap.

Size:
Length 435 feet pp 462 feet 6 inches overall, beam 69 feet, draught 25 feet 6 inches, displacement 11,00 tons load.

Propulsion:
2 shaft triple expansion engines, 16.500/18,000 ihp, 20/20.5 knots

Armour:
6in gun shields, 4.5-2in decks

Armament:
16 x 6in Mk VII (16 x 1), 14 x 12pounder (14 x 1), 3 x 3pounder (3 x 1), 2 x 18in TT

My Postcards

Postally used 31 Aug 1907.
Postcard series: Tuck's, Oilette - Our Ironclads
Series number: IV
Postcard number: 9109

 

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