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Name: SAPPHIRE
Type: Light Cruiser
Keel: 30/03/1903
Launched: 17/03/1904
Completed: 07/02/1905
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 775
Dimensions: 2640disp - 3000disp, 360.0 x 40.0 x 14.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x T4cyl (14.25, 38.5 & 42.25, 42.25ins), 9,800ihp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 21.75knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 12 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 8 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes
History:
07/02/1905 British Royal Navy
09/05/1921 Broken up
Comments: A member of the Topaze Class of protected cruisers
09/05/1921: Sold to TW Ward Ltd for breaking up at Grays, Essex


Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum