HMS Cadmus (1903)

She was launched at Sheerness in 1903, spent her entire career in the Far East and was sold at Hong Kong in 1921.[2] Her propulsion was provided by a J. Samuel White three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engine developing 1,400 horsepower (1,000 kW) and driving twin screws.[2] She and her sisters were an evolution of the Condor-class sloop, carrying more coal, which in turn gave a greater length and displacement.She recommissioned at Hong Kong on 18 October 1912, and remained on the China Station during World War I.In November 1914 she arrived at Direction Island in the Indian Ocean a week after the battle between Emden and Sydney to bury the sailors killed in action.
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