HMS MOHAWK was an 'Archer' class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 6 February 1886.
Displacement:1770 tons, L:68,60m. B:11m. Draught:4,40m. 4 boilers, 2-2 cyl. compound steam engines:2500 ihp. 16,5 kn. crew:176, armament:6-6" (5 tons) guns, 8-3 pounder QF guns, 2 machine guns, 1 light gun, 4 torpedo tubes.
Commenced service on the Australia Station in December 1897. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, she escorted the New South Wales Naval Brigade to Peking before commencing service on the China Station. On 24 April 1901 she was paid off into the Fleet Reserve at Chatham.
She returned to England in 1905 and was sold to Garnham for £4850 for breaking up at Chatham.
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