HMS Waterwitch (1892)
HMS Waterwitch in 1897 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Lancashire Witch |
| Owner | Sir Thomas Hesketh |
| Port of registry | Liverpool, UK |
| Builder | Robert Steele & Company, Cartsburn |
| Yard number | 107 |
| Launched | 29 August 1878 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold to the Admiralty |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Waterwitch |
| Acquired | Purchased 17 March 1893 |
| Fate | Sank in collision at Singapore, 1 September 1912 |
| General characteristics as Lancashire Witch | |
| Type | Yacht |
| Tonnage | |
| Tons burthen | 479 Thames Measurement |
| Length | 160.2 ft (48.8 m) |
| Beam | 160.2 ft (48.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power | 75 hp (56 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barquentine rigged |
| General characteristics as HMS Waterwitch | |
| Type | Sloop/survey vessel |
| Installed power | 450 hp (340 kW) |
| Complement | 81 |
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HMS Waterwitch was a British hydrographic survey vessel active in eastern Asian waters from 1894 to 1912. She was a wooden vessel, purchased from a private owner specifically for survey work. She was lost in a collision in Singapore harbour in 1912.