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HMS PHILOMEL
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| Builders | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. England 1889 |
| Length | 265 feet |
| Beam | 41 feet |
| Displacement | 2,575 tons |
| Machinery | Twin triple expansion steam engines. 4,000 hp |
| Speed | 17 knots |
| Armament | 8 x 4.7 inch guns 8 x 3 pounder guns |
| Complement | 217 |
| Disposal | Scuttled off New Zealand 1949 |
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| William Law | Chief Carpenters Mate | 18 October 1892 |
| John T. May | Engine Room Artificer | 6 May 1892 |
| William Watson | Stoker | 12 July 1896 |
| Thomas Davis | Ordinary Seaman | 24 June 1899 |