HMS Bonaventure (1892)
 HMS Bonaventure in the 1890s (IWM Q21029)
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| Name | HMS Bonaventure |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down | December 1890 |
| Launched | 2 December 1892 |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1894 |
| Fate | Sold on 12 April 1920 |
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| Class and type | Astraea-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 4,360 tons |
| Length | 320 ft (98 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 49.5 ft (15.1 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
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| Range | Carried 1000 tons coal (max) |
| Complement | 318 |
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HMS Bonaventure was an Astraea-class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. She was commissioned for service in 1895, and survived to serve in the First World War.
History
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Bonaventure served in the Pacific Squadron, including service in the 3rd China War, under command of Captain Robert Montgomerie RN.[1]
She returned in May 1906 to Devonport to be paid off. She then went to Haulbowline Dockyard, Cork, Ireland to be converted into a depot ship for submarines.
This work was completed in April 1907 and she continued to serve during the First World War as a submarine depot ship.[2]
Scrapping
[edit]Bonaventure returned to the UK and was paid off on 17 October 1919. She was sold on 12 April 1920 to the Forth Ship Breaking Company, Bo'ness.
References
[edit]- ^ Robert Archibald Montgomerie Service record, The National Archives, ADM 196/19
- ^ "HMS Bonaventure". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
External links
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Media related to HMS Bonaventure (ship, 1892) at Wikimedia Commons
Publications
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One. Jane's Publishing Company. 1919.