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HMS Spartan (1891)

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Name
  
HMS Spartan

Displacement
  
3,440 tons

Launched
  
25 February 1891

Draft
  
5.33 m

Class and type
  
Apollo-class cruiser

Beam
  
43.5 ft (13.3 m)

Length
  
96 m

Builder
  
Armstrong Whitworth

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Renamed
  
Defiance II in August 1921

Fate
  
Sold to breakers on 26 June 1931

HMS Spartan was an Apollo-class cruiser of the Royal Navy constructed in 1891. The design was a variant of the Marathon-class cruiser. The ships had quick firing guns which were effective as a broadside, but less so when attempting to fire fore or aft.

In late 1899 she had a refit, and when completed in early February 1900 she was placed in the A division of the Devonport Fleet reserve. From 1907 she was placed on harbour duty. In 1921 she became part of the Royal Navy torpedo school at Devonport, HMS Defiance, which was based in floating obsolete ships, and named for the first ship which had housed the school. Spartan became Defiance II in August 1921. She was sold for scrapping on 26 June 1931.

References

HMS Spartan (1891) Wikipedia