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Cressy Class Cruisers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
472' 11" |
Engines: |
2 four cylinder triple expansion |
Beam: |
69' 5" |
Boilers: |
30 Belleville (coal fired) |
Draft: |
25' 9" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
12,000 |
HP: |
21,000 |
Speed: |
21 knots |
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Crew: |
760 |
Range: |
N/A |
Armament as built
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Guns
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Number
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Type |
Arrangement |
2 |
9.2"/40 (234mm) |
2 single turrets |
12 |
6"/45 (152mm) |
Single mounts in casemates |
12 |
3"/50 (76.2mm) 12 pounders |
Single mounts |
3 |
1.85"/40 (47mm) 3 pounders |
Single mounts |
Torpedo tubes |
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2 |
18" (457mm) |
Submerged broadside |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Aug. 13, 1900 |
Nov. 19, 1902 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Sept. 22, 1914 by SMS U-9 (torpedo).
Location: North Sea, 27 miles northwest of the Hook of Holland. (52.15N - 03.51E) At least 375 crewmen killed, about 650 survivors picked up by Dutch ships. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland |
Nov. 18, 1899 |
May 6, 1902 |
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Fate |
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Sold May 9, 1921 to Thomas W. Ward, laid up in Belfast until towed to Preston
for scrapping in Aug. 1924. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
Dec. 4, 1899 |
May 28, 1901 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Sept. 22, 1914 by SMS U-9 (torpedo).
Location: North Sea, 27 miles northwest of the Hook of Holland. (52.15N - 03.51E) At least 561 crewmen killed, about 87 survivors picked up by Dutch ships. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
May 16, 1900 |
Apr. 3, 1902 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Sept. 22, 1914 by SMS U-9 (torpedo).
Location: North Sea, 27 miles northwest of the Hook of Holland. (52.15N - 03.51E) At least 542 crewmen killed, about 100 survivors picked up by Dutch ships. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland |
Feb. 21, 1901 |
Nov. 25, 1902 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 1, 1920 to S. Castle of Plymouth and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
May 20, 1901 |
Jan. 5, 1904 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 1, 1920 to S. Castle of Plymouth, scrapped in Germany.
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Page published Nov. 16, 2008 |