H.M.S. Katoomba (1889)

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H.M.S. Katoomba (1889)
Builder: Armstrong, Elswick[1]
Laid down: 15 Aug, 1888[2]
Launched: 27 Aug, 1889[3]
Commissioned: 24 Mar, 1891[4]
Sold: 1906[5]

H.M.S. Katoomba was one of nine cruisers of the Pearl class completed for the Royal Navy in 1891 and 1892.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 82.
  6. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  7. Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 100.
  8. Hewitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 627.
  9. Hewitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 627.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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