HMS Algerine (1895)

HMS Algerine was a Phoenix-class steel screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Devonport in 1895, saw action in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and later served on the Pacific Station. She was stripped of her crew at Esquimalt in 1914, and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1917, being commissioned as HMCS Algerine. She was sold as a salvage vessel in 1919 and wrecked in 1923.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Algerine.

HMS Algerine at Esquimalt.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Algerine
BuilderHM Dockyard, Devonport
Laid down25 July 1894
Launched6 June 1895
CommissionedApril 1896
Decommissioned8 September 1914
FateTransferred to Royal Canadian Navy, 1917
Canada
NameHMCS Algerine
Acquired1917
Fate
  • Sold on 11 April 1919
  • Wrecked in Principe Channel, British Columbia, 13 October 1923
General characteristics
TypePhoenix-class sloop
Displacement1,050 tons
Length
  • 185 ft (56 m) pp
  • 210 ft 6 in (64.16 m)oa
Beam32 ft 6 in (9.91 m)
Draught13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
Installed power1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • Three-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engine
  • Twin screws
Sail planBarquentine rigged
Speed13 kn (24 km/h)
Armament
  • Six 4-inch/25-pounder (1-ton) QF guns
  • Four 3-pounder guns
  • Three Maxim guns
ArmourProtective deck of 1 to 1+1⁄2 in (2.5 to 3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers
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