HMS Prince Eugene

History
United Kingdom
Name	Prince Eugene
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Govan
Yard number	477
Laid down	1 February 1915
Launched	14 July 1915
Completed	2 September 1915
Commissioned	21 August 1915
Decommissioned	1919
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Lord Clive-class monitor
Displacement	5,850 long tons (5,940 t) (deep load)
Length	335 ft 6 in (102.3 m)
Beam	87 ft 2 in (26.6 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3 m) (deep load)
Installed power	2 water-tube boilers; 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	About 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph)
Complement	12 officers, 182 ratings
Armament	1 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns; 1 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA gun; 1 × single 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA gun;
Armour	Waterline belt: 6 in (152 mm); Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm); Barbette: 8 in (203 mm); Gun turret: 5.5–10.5 in (140–267 mm); Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm);

HMS Prince Eugene was one of eight Lord Clive-class monitors built for the Royal Navy in 1915 to conduct shore bombardments during the First World War. The ship was assigned to the Dover Patrol for the duration of the war and provided cover for the Inshore Squadron during the First Ostend Raid. She was sold for scrap in 1921.

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