HMS Spartiate (1898)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Spartiate.

300px HMS Spartiate
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Spartiate
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Launched:	27 October 1898
Renamed:	Fisgard, June 1915
Fate:	Sold July 1932
General characteristics
Class & type:	Diadem-class cruiser
Displacement:	11,000 tons
Length:	435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a)
Beam:	69 ft (21 m)
Draught:	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Propulsion:	2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp
Speed:	20–20.5 kn (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph)
Complement:	760
Armament:	16 × single QF guns 14 × single QF 12-pounder (76 mm) 12 cwt guns 3 × single QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks

HMS Spartiate was a ship of the Diadem-class protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on 27 October 1898. She was a stokers' training ship in 1914 and was renamed Fisgard in June 1915. She survived the First World War and was sold in July 1932. She returned to Pembroke to be broken up.

Construction

Spartiate was delivered at Portsmouth from Pembroke dockyard in April, 1900, and in the following winter went on her trials. Sand in the condensers led to friction in her machinery, and her engines had to be re-constructed. New trials the following year ended with her condenser tubes leaking so badly they had to be replaced with new ones before she could be ready. A third attempt at trials in April 1902 was also abandoned, and she was not finished until March 1903.

References

• Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk