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HMS Lizard (1886)

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Name
  
HMS Lizard

Completed
  
4 February 1887

Launched
  
27 November 1886

Displacement
  
648,600 kg

Builder
  
Harland and Wolff

Yard number
  
190

Beam
  
29 ft (8.8 m)

Length
  
50 m

Draft
  
3.41 m

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Fate
  
Sold February 1905 for breaking up.

Class and type
  
Bramble-class screw gunboat

HMS Lizard was a Bramble-class screw gunboat of the Royal Navy, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched on 27 November 1886.

She commenced service on the Australia Station in January 1888, serving in New Zealand waters. In 1900 she was detached to serve on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion, and she stayed in Chinese waters until August 1901, when she returned to the Australia station. She was the first warship to enter Kiama, New South Wales. She was laid up at Sydney in 1904.

Fate

She was sold in February 1905 for £800 and was broken up at Balmain, Sydney.

References

HMS Lizard (1886) Wikipedia