HMS Ringarooma

HMS Ringarooma was a Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Psyche, built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow and launched on 10 December 1889.[2] Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Ringarooma as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was damaged after running aground on a reef at Makelula Island, New Hebrides on 31 August 1894 and was pulled off by the French cruiser Duchaffault.[2] Between 1897 and 1900 she was in reserve at Sydney. On 15 February Captain Frederick St. George Rich was appointed in command.[3] She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £8500 in May 1906 to Forth Shipbreaking Company for breaking up.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Psyche.
Painting of HMS Ringarooma c. 1891
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Psyche
BuilderJ & G Thomson, Glasgow
Launched10 December 1889
RenamedRingarooma (1890)
FateSold in May 1906 for breaking up
General characteristics
Class and typePearl-class cruiser
Displacement2,575 tons
Length
  • 278 ft (85 m) oa
  • 256 ft (78 m) pp[1]
Beam41 ft (12 m)[1]
Draught15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power
  • 4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers
  • 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) on forced draught
Propulsion
  • 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 screws[1]
Speed19 knots (35 km/h)
Complement217
Armament
Armour
  • Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
  • Gunshields: 2 in (51 mm)
  • Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

Notes
  1. Winfield (2004) p. 276
  2. Bastock 1988, pp. 102–103.
  3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36056. London. 3 February 1900. p. 14.

References
  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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