HMS Lizard (1886)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lizard.

HMS Lizard was a Bramble-class screw gunboat of the Royal Navy, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched on 27 November 1886.^[1]

HMS Lizard, c.1890.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lizard
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	190
Launched	27 November 1886
Completed	4 February 1887
Fate	Sold February 1905 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Class & type	Bramble-class screw gunboat
Displacement	715 tons (810 tons loaded)
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught	11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine Single screw
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement	76
Armament	Six 4-inch 25cwt RBL guns Four machine guns

She commenced service on the Australia Station in January 1888,^[1] serving in New Zealand waters. Commander John Campbell Watson was appointed in command in July 1899, and served until late 1902. In 1900 she was detached to serve on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion, and she stayed in Chinese waters until August 1901,^[2] when she returned to the Australia station. She was the first warship to enter Kiama, New South Wales. Her crew was paid off in September 1902 and ordered back home on a steamship.^[3] She was laid up at Sydney in 1904.^[1]

Fate

She was sold in February 1905 for £800 and was broken up at Balmain, Sydney.^[1]