HMS Clio (1903)

	Clio dressed overall at Tasmania in 1905
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Clio
Namesake	The Greek muse Clio
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard
Laid down	11 March 1902
Launched	14 March 1903
Completed	1904
Fate	Scrapped, 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Cadmus-class sloop
Displacement	1,070 long tons (1,087 t)
Length	185 ft (56.4 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	11 ft 3 in (3.4 m)
Installed power	1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion steam engines; Coal-fired Niclausse boilers;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	150
Armament	6 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) guns; 4 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns; 3 × machine guns;

HMS Clio was a Cadmus-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1903, saw active service in the Middle East during World War I, was briefly involved in the British campaign against Diiriye Guure and was sold at Bombay in 1920.

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