HMS Arethusa (1882)

	Arethusa's sister ship Leander in 1897.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Arethusa
Ordered	1880
Builder	Napier, Glasgow
Laid down	14 June 1880
Launched	23 December 1882
Commissioned	8 July 1887
Decommissioned	3 April 1903 (as sea-going warship)
Fate	Sold 4 April 1905.
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class second-class partially protected cruiser
Displacement	4,300 tons (4,400 tonnes) load.
Tons burthen	3,750 tons (B.O.M.).
Length	300 ft (91 m) between perpendiculars.; 315 ft 96.01 m) overall.;
Beam	46 ft (14 m).
Draught	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) aft, 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) forward; with 950 tons (970 tonnes) of coal and complete with stores and provisions.;
Installed power	12 cylindrical boilers, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW).
Propulsion	Sails and screw. Two shafts. Two cylinder horizontal direct acting compound engines,
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) designed; 17-18 knots after funnels raised;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).; 725 tons coal normal, 1000 tons maximum = c. 6,000 nmi at economical speed.;
Complement	(1885): 275
Armament	(1885):; 10 × 6-inch Breechloading guns; 8 1-inch Nordenfelt guns; 2 5-barrel and 2 2-barrel 0.45-in machineguns; 4 above water torpedo dischargers.;
Armour	1.5 in (40mm) steel armoured deck (with sloped sides) over 165 ft.; 1.5 in (40mm) gun shields.;
Notes	Carried 2 second class torpedo boats.; Carried 7-pounder and 9-pounder boat guns and field guns.;

HMS Arethusa was a second-class cruiser of the Leander class, which served with the Royal Navy. She was built at Napier, Glasgow, being laid down in 1880, launched in 1882 and completed in financial year 1886–87. She remained in ordinary reserve at Chatham, being commissioned for the 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1892 annual manoeuvres. She served in the Mediterranean from 1893 to 1896, was commissioned for the 1899 annual manoeuvres, then recommissioned for the Pacific, and later sent as a reinforcement to the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion until she came home for the last time in 1903.

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