HMS Kent (1900)

Type:
Armored Cruiser
Class:
Builder:
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth, England

Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
March 6, 1901
Keel Laid:
February 12, 1900
Commissioned:


October 1, 1903
Fate:
Sold in Hong Kong in June 1920 and scrapped.




Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality

Notes

Dec. 8, 1914
SMS Nürnberg
Cruiser
3,400
Germany
(a)
Mar. 14, 1915
Cruiser
3,364
Germany
(b)
Notes
(a):
Battle of the Falkland Islands.
(b):
Dresden was cornered by HMS Kent, HMS Glasgow and HMS Orana after firing a few shots.
The ship surrendered, but scuttled before she could be boarded.


Builder's Data
Page published Nov. 15, 2008