HMS Forward (1904)

	Scout cruiser HMS Forward, photograph by Ernest Hopkins of Southsea
History
United Kingdom
Name	Forward
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	22 October 1903
Launched	27 August 1904
Commissioned	22 September 1905
Fate	Sold for scrap, 27 July 1921
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Forward-class scout cruiser
Displacement	2,850 long tons (2,896 t)
Length	365 ft (111.3 m) (p/p)
Beam	39 ft 2 in (11.9 m)
Draught	14 ft 3 in (4.3 m)
Installed power	16,500 ihp (12,300 kW); 12 Thornycroft boilers;
Propulsion	2 Shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	3,400 nmi (6,300 km; 3,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	289
Armament	10 × QF 12-pdr 3 in (76 mm) guns; 8 × QF 3-pdr (47 mm) guns; 2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 2 in (51 mm); Deck: 0.625–1.125 in (15.9–28.6 mm); Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm);

HMS Forward was the name ship of her class of two scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship was in reserve for most of the first decade of her existence. After the beginning of the First World War in August 1914, she was assigned to coastal defence duties on the East Coast of England. Forward was present when the Germans bombarded Hartlepool in mid-December 1914, but played no significant role in the battle. The ship was sent to the Mediterranean in mid-1915 and was then assigned to the Aegean Sea a year later, together with her sister ship, Foresight, and remained there until the end of the war. After returning home in 1919, she was sold for scrap in 1921.

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