HMS Venus (1895)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Venus.
HMS Venus was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.
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Venus at anchor during World War I | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Venus |
Namesake | Venus |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan |
Laid down | 28 June 1894 |
Launched | 5 September 1895 |
Completed | 9 November 1897 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 22 September 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Eclipse-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) |
Length | 350 ft (106.7 m) |
Beam | 53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) |
Draught | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
Complement | 450 |
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