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{{short description|Cruiser of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Europa}}

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|Ship builder=[[John Brown & Company|J&G Thompson]], [[Clydebank]]
|Ship laid down=10 January 1896
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|Ship class={{sclass|Diadem|cruiser|0}} [[protected cruiser]]
|Ship displacement=11,000 tons
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*14 × single [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun|QF 12-pounder (76 mm) guns]]
*3 × single [[QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss|QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns]]
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'''HMS ''Europa''''' was a ship of the {{sclass|Diadem|cruiser|0}} [[protected cruiser]]s in the [[Royal Navy]].  She was built by [[John Brown & Company|J&G Thompson]] of [[Clydebank]] and launched on 20 March 1897.

In 1899, ''Europa'' was equipped with wireless, and took part in the Summer Manoeuvres of that year. She sent a wireless message 95 miles to {{HMS|Alexandra|1875|6}}, relayed by {{HMS|Juno|1895|6}}, reporting making contact with convoy she was to escort. This was  longest ship to ship transmission to date.<ref name="PocockGarratt1972">{{cite book | first1 = R. F. |last1=Pocock | first2= Gerald Reginald Mansel |last2=Garratt | date = 1972 | title = The Origins of Maritime Radio: The Story of the Introduction of wireless telegraphy in the Royal Navy Between 1896 and 1900 | publisher = H.M. Stationery Office | page = 26| isbn = 978-0-11-290113-6 | url = https://archive.org/details/origins-maritime-radio}}</ref>

==Service history==
In the early years of her career, she served with the [[Channel Squadron]]. She left [[Portsmouth]] on 19 January 1900 with a new crew for {{HMS|Ramillies|1892|6}}, which had recently become flagship of the second in command, [[Mediterranean Fleet|Mediterranean station]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=20 January 1900 |page=12 |issue=36044| }}</ref> Returning from  [[Malta]] she transported the paid-off crew of ''Ramillies'' to Portsmouth, where she arrived the following month.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=30 January 1900 |page=11 |issue=36052| }}</ref> She was then ordered to take out reliefs for the [[Australia Station]],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=20 March 1900 |page=7 |issue=36094}}</ref> passing through Gibraltar, Malta and other stops en route.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=27 March 1900 |page=7 |issue=36100}}</ref>

She underwent a general refit in 1902, including new boilers.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=24 July 1902 |page=12 |issue=36828| }}</ref>

At some point a few years later she was put into reserve at Devonport whereby she was later recommissioned in November 1907 for the Home Fleet and [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] February 1910 but joined 3rd Fleet from November 1911 to outbreak of war.

On the outbreak of the [[First World War]] she was assigned to the [[9th Cruiser Squadron]] operating in the Atlantic and was stationed off Cape Finisterre as flagship until June 1915. In 1915 she was operating off [[Moudros]], participating in the [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign|Dardanelles Campaign]], for which she received a battle honour.

''Europa'' was the flagship at Mudros July 1915 – 1919 and [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] at Malta in March 1920. Purchased by G F Bletto on 15 September 1920 for conversion to an emigrant carrier, the vessel sank in a gale off Corsica in January 1921. The wreck was later raised and broken up in [[Genoa]].

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==References==
{{Commons Category|HMS Europa (ship, 1897)}}
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/armoured-cruiser/hms-diadem.html Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk]

{{Diadem class cruiser}}
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[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
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[[Category:World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of Corsica]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1921]]


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