RN Second Class Protected Cruisers

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Brian James
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RN Second Class Protected Cruisers

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Australia Station Flagship,Second Class Protected Cruiser HMS Cambrian pictured c 1905.
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Second Class Protected Cruiser HMS Cambrian pictured c1895...built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on January 30th 1893. She was the last flagship of the Australia Station...Prince Louis of Battenberg, later First Sea Lord, captained Cambrian in the Mediterranean Fleet from October 1894 to May 1897. In March 1901 she was commissioned at HMNB Devonport by Captain Frederick Sidney Pelham, with a crew of 345, to become senior officer's ship on the South East Coast of America Station..In 1907 she was on the Mediterranean Station. She commenced service on the Australia Station on October 3rd 1905 under the command of Captain E.F. Gaunt arriving in Sydney in December. She left the Australia Station after the arrival of the Australian Navy Fleet and returned to England on October 13th 1913. Upon arrival in England she was paid off. She was converted into a base ship and renamed HMS Harlech in March 1916 and later HMS Vivid in September 1921. She was sold in 1923 for breaking up.
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The last flagship of the Australia Station.....Astræa Class Second Class Protected Cruiser HMS Cambrian pictured at Port Melbourne c1906.
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