HMS Spartiate

The Ship


Sold for Scrap 1932



Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down May 1897, completed March 1903.

Average cost £600,000.

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


1914 Stokers Training ship.
June 1915 Re-named Fisgard.
1932 Sold for scrap.

My Postcards

Postally used 21 Sep 1904

 

Not postally used.
Series number: 6525

 

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