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Skirmisher, 1905
Type: Light Cruiser ; Armament ;(M. VII) : 9 - 4 inch and (in Sentinel) 1 - 3 inch AA., 1 - 6 pdr. AA.. 1 - 3 pdr. AA., (in Skirmisher) 1 - 3 inch AA., 1 - 6 pdr. Torpedo tubes (14 inch) : 2 above water.
Launched : Feb 1905 ; Displacement: 2895 tons
Propulsion: 2 screws. Complement: 298
Machinery notes: 2 sets 4 cylinder. 2 screws. H.P. about 17,000 = 25 kts. Coal: normal. 160 tons: maximum, 410 ton ; Speed ; 25 knots ;
Notes:

1 July 1913 Commissioned at Portsmouth.

Aug 1914 Attached to and Captain (D) Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.

Oct 1915 in the Dardanelles - see p 34-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1918.pdf.

5 Apr 1919 departed Odessa with British refugees - see p 651-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-4.pdf.

1919 NOTE.-All the old Light Cruisers of " Sentinel " type will not be used again for Fleet Service except in emergency.