HMS Cressy (1899)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cressy
Namesake	Battle of Crécy
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding, Govan
Laid down	12 October 1898
Launched	4 December 1899
Completed	28 May 1901
Fate	Sunk by SM U-9, 22 September 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Cressy-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	12,000 long tons (12,000 t) (normal)
Length	472 ft (143.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)
Draught	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) (maximum)
Installed power	21,000 ihp (16,000 kW); 30 Belleville boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	725–760
Armament	2 × single BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns; 12 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns; 12 × single QF 12-pdr 12-cwt guns; 3 × 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns; 2 × single submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm); Decks: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm); Turrets: 6 in (150 mm); Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm); Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm);

HMS Cressy was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the China Station. In 1907 she was transferred to the North America and West Indies Station before being placed in reserve in 1909. Recommissioned at the start of World War I, she played a minor role in the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the beginning of the war. Cressy and two of her sister ships were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914 with the loss of 560 of her crew.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.