HMS Condor (1898)

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HMS Condor in 1901
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Condor
Namesake Condor
Builder Sheerness
Launched17 December 1898
Stricken3 December 1901
FateSunk in a gale, 1901
General characteristics (as built)
Type Condor-class sloop
Displacement980 long tons (1,000  t)
Length204 ft (62.2 m)
Draught11 ft 4 in (3.5 m)
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Crew140

HMS Condor was a Condor-class sloop of the Royal Navy, and was the lead ship of her class. [1] She was launched on 17 December 1898, and sunk in a gale on 3 December 1901. [1]

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Design and description

Condor had a displacement of 980 tonnes, a length of 204 feet (62 m), a draught of 11.4 feet (3.5 m), and a speed of 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph). [2] [3] She had a crew size of 140 servicemen. [3]

Construction and career

Condor was laid down on 1 January 1898 in Sheerness, England. [2] She was launched on 17 December 1898, however, the Condor would not be fully completed until 1 November 1900, being commissioned that same day. [1] [2] [4] On 2 December 1901, she departed from Esquimalt, British Columbia, bound for Honolulu. [3] [4] On 3 December, she passed through Cape Flattery, she accidentally entered into a strong gale, and sunk. [1] [2] [3] After two months, on 3 February 1902, she was listed as missing in action with all hands lost. [3]

Wreckage discovery

In May 1949, 47 years after the sinking of Condor, the fishing trawler Blanco was fishing about 40 miles (64 km) north of Cape Flattery, when her nets got tangled on a piece of the wreckage. [3] The nets were pulled in, recovering Condor's binnacle and other miscellaneous pieces of the ship's wreckage. [3] The rest of the wreckage was never found. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "HMS Condor - Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk". www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CONDOR steel screw sloops (6, 1899 - 1900)". www.navypedia.org. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "H.M.S. Condor" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature. Ontario Publishing Company, Limited. 1902.
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