HMS Topaze

The Ship


Scrapped 1921


HMS Topaze built at Laird's at Birkenhead and laid down on the 14th August 1902, launched 23rd July 1903 and completed November 1904

Displacement: 3000 tons. Speed: 21.75 Knots. Crew 296. Armament: Twelve 4 -inch Guns, Eight 3 pdr guns and Four machine Guns Two 18-inch Torpedo Tubes

HMS Topaze World War 1 Service:

1914 Attached to the 5th Battle Squadron Channel.
1915 Mediterranean.
1917 Red Sea.
1921 Sold for scrap.

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Not postally used.

 

Postally used 10 May 1906.

 

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