HMS Flora (1893)

HMS Flora was an Astraea class cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 21 November 1893. She was constructed under the Naval Defence Act of 1889 along with several other Astraea class cruisers. The Flora was eventually decommissioned in 1922.

Operational History
HMS Flora served, under the command of Commodore A. L. Groome, and later of Captain F. S. Pelham, a commission as senior officer´s ship on the South-East Coast of America Station until June 1901, when she returned to Devonport to pay off.

Wreck
HMS Flora was the subject of a famous salvage operation after running aground in 1903.

War service
In 1914, just prior to the World War I, the Flora was placed on the sale list and remained on harbour service for the majority of the conflict. In April 1915 Flora was renamed TS Indus II. She was sold on 12 December 1922 and was broken up at Dover.