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''Condor'' sailed from Esquimalt, Canada on 2 December, 1901 to sail to Honolulu.  She was last seen parting company with {{UK-1Warspite}}, and her loss was presumed to be related to a severe storm the following day.  One of her boats and related wreckage washed ashore on Vancouver Island and along Queen Charlotte Sound as a search by {{UK-1Phaeton|f=p}} and American Revenue Cutters proved fruitless.{{HepperLosses|pp. 16, 17}}
  
 
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Revision as of 10:53, 7 February 2017

H.M.S. Condor (1898)
Builder: Sheerness DYd[1]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1898[2]
Launched: 17 Dec, 1898[3]
Commissioned: 1 Nov, 1900[4]
Foundered: 3 Dec, 1901[5]
Fate: off Cape Flattery
H.M.S. Condor was one of six Condor Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Condor sailed from Esquimalt, Canada on 2 December, 1901 to sail to Honolulu. She was last seen parting company with Warspite, and her loss was presumed to be related to a severe storm the following day. One of her boats and related wreckage washed ashore on Vancouver Island and along Queen Charlotte Sound as a search by H.M.S. Phaeton and American Revenue Cutters proved fruitless.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
  5. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
  6. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 16, 17.
  7. ↑ Slater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1200.
  8. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.

Bibliography


Condor Class Sloop
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