MINOTAUR HMS 1906
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:37 am
HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the Minotaur-class of armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1906.
She served in the First World War with her sisters, taking part in convoy duties from Australia to the Mediterranean. She fought at Jutland as part of the Second Cruiser Squadron. She was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Herbert Heath and captained by A. C. S. Hughes-D'Aeth. Unlike her sister, Defence, she survived the battle and the war to be sold for breaking up to Ward of Milford Haven on 12 May 1920.
Name: HMS Minotaur
Builder: Devonport Dockyard
Launched: 6 June 1906
Fate: Sold 12 May 1920
Class and type: Minotaur-class armoured cruiser
Displacement: 14,600 long tons (14,800 t)
Length: 490 ft (149.4 m) between perpendiculars
519 ft (158.2 m) overall
Beam: 74.5 ft (22.7 m)
Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power: 27,000 ihp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 24 Yarrow water-tube boilers
2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range: 8,150 nmi (15,090 km; 9,380 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 802
Armament: 2 × 2 - BL 9.2-inch (234 mm) Mk XI guns
10 × 1 - BL 7.5-inch (191 mm) Mk V guns
16 × 1 - QF 12 pounder 18 cwt guns
5 × submerged 18–in (450 mm) torpedo tubes[Note 1]
Armour: Belt: 3–6 in (76–152 mm)
Deck: 1.5–2 in (38–51 mm)
Barbettes: 7 in (178 mm)
Gun turrets: 4.5–8 in (114–203 mm)
Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)
Delandre label
Source: Wikipedia
She served in the First World War with her sisters, taking part in convoy duties from Australia to the Mediterranean. She fought at Jutland as part of the Second Cruiser Squadron. She was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Herbert Heath and captained by A. C. S. Hughes-D'Aeth. Unlike her sister, Defence, she survived the battle and the war to be sold for breaking up to Ward of Milford Haven on 12 May 1920.
Name: HMS Minotaur
Builder: Devonport Dockyard
Launched: 6 June 1906
Fate: Sold 12 May 1920
Class and type: Minotaur-class armoured cruiser
Displacement: 14,600 long tons (14,800 t)
Length: 490 ft (149.4 m) between perpendiculars
519 ft (158.2 m) overall
Beam: 74.5 ft (22.7 m)
Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power: 27,000 ihp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 24 Yarrow water-tube boilers
2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range: 8,150 nmi (15,090 km; 9,380 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 802
Armament: 2 × 2 - BL 9.2-inch (234 mm) Mk XI guns
10 × 1 - BL 7.5-inch (191 mm) Mk V guns
16 × 1 - QF 12 pounder 18 cwt guns
5 × submerged 18–in (450 mm) torpedo tubes[Note 1]
Armour: Belt: 3–6 in (76–152 mm)
Deck: 1.5–2 in (38–51 mm)
Barbettes: 7 in (178 mm)
Gun turrets: 4.5–8 in (114–203 mm)
Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)
Delandre label
Source: Wikipedia