HMS Caroline (1882)

HMS Caroline (centre foreground) at Shotley in 1906. Behind her (left) is HMS Minotaur and (right) HMS Agincourt.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Caroline
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Laid down24 October 1881
Launched25 November 1882
Commissioned27 January 1886
Fate
  • Hulk 1897
  • Renamed Ganges 1908
  • Renamed Powerful III 1913
  • Renamed Impregnable IV 1919
  • Sold 31 August 1929
General characteristics
Class & typeSatellite-class sloop
Displacement1,420 tons
Length200 ft (61 m) pp
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Installed power1,400 ihp (1,044 kW)
Propulsion
  • Single horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque-rigged
RangeApproximately 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement170-200
Armament
ArmourInternal steel deck over machinery and magazines

HMS Caroline was a Satellite-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard, fitted with Maudslay, Sons and Field machinery and launched on 25 November 1882. She was later reclassified as a corvette.

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