HMS Phoenix (1889)
HMS ''Tauranga'' was a cruiser of the Royal Navy. The vessel was originally named ''Phoenix'' and built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow. She was launched on 28 October 1889.Bastock 1988, p. 103. Renamed on 2 April 1890, as ''Tauranga'' as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. During the Samoan civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ... in 1899, she took part in operations with and . Spending between 1901 and 1903 in reserve at Sydney before being assigned to the New Zealand division of the Australia Station. She left the Australia Station on 14 December 1904. She was sold for £8500 in July 1906 to Thomas Ward for breaking up. Notes References *Bastock, John (1988), ''Ships on the A ...
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Tasmania
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