HMS Mohawk (1886)
 HMS Mohawk anchored in Sydney Harbour in 1897. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Mohawk |
| Builder: | J. & G. Thompson, Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 2 March 1885 |
| Launched: | 6 February 1886 |
| Fate: | sold to Garnham for breaking up at Chatham on 4 April 1905. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Archer-class torpedo cruiser |
| Notes: |
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HMS Mohawk was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 6 February 1886.[1]
In 1893, Archer was serving on the North America and West Indies Station when civil disorder broke out on the island of Dominica. A party of Marines and sailors were landed to assist the local police in stopping the rioting. Four rioters were killed and several injured on both sides, including the commanding officer of Mohawk, Commander Edward Henry Bayley, before order was restored.[2]
Mohawk commenced service on the Australia Station in December 1897. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, she escorted the New South Wales Naval Brigade to Peking before commencing service on the China Station.[1] On 24 April 1901 she was paid off into the Fleet Reserve at Chatham.[3]
She returned to England in 1905 and was sold to Garnham for £4850 for breaking up at Chatham on 4 April.[1]
Commanding officers
- Commander F. H. P. W. Freeman - until April 1901[4]
Citations
References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Clowes, William Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII. Sampson Low, Marston and Company.