HMS Skirmisher (1905)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Skirmisher
Builder	Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	July 1903
Launched	7 February 1905
Commissioned	July 1905
Fate	Sold for scrap, 3 March 1920
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Sentinel-class scout cruiser
Displacement	2,895 long tons (2,941 t)
Length	360 ft (109.7 m) (p/p)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Draught	14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) (deep load)
Installed power	16,500 ihp (12,300 kW); 12 water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	2 Shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	2,460 nmi (4,560 km; 2,830 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	289
Armament	10 × QF 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) guns; 8 × QF 3-pdr (47 mm) guns; 2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 0.625–1.125 in (16–29 mm); Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm);

HMS Skirmisher was one of two Sentinel-class scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1905 the ship was placed in reserve until she was commissioned in 1907 as part of the Home Fleet. She then spent the next seven years moving on and off of active service in British waters. Skirmisher was assigned to coastal defence duties when the First World War began in 1914, although she was transferred to the Mediterranean in 1915 and then to the Aegean two years later. The ship returned home in mid-1919 and was sold for scrap in 1920.

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