Adventure-class cruiser
.jpg) HMS Adventure in dazzle camouflage during the First World War
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Adventure class |
| Builders | Elswick |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Forward class |
| Built | 1904–1905 |
| In commission | 1905–1919 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Scout cruiser |
| Displacement | 2,670 long tons (2,713 t) |
| Length | 374 ft (114.0 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 38 ft 3 in (11.7 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 5 in (3.8 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 Shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 2,370 nmi (4,390 km; 2,730 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 289 |
| Armament |
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| Armour |
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The Adventure-class cruisers were a pair of
British intervention in North Russia. The sisters returned home a few months after the end of the war in November 1918 and were sold for scrap
in 1920.
Background and design
In 1901–1902, the Admiralty developed scout cruisers to work with
18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes. It accepted four of the submissions and ordered one ship from each builder in the 1902–1903 Naval Programme and a repeat in the following year's programme.[1]
The two ships from
The ships were powered by a pair of three-cylinder
kW) which was intended to give a maximum speed of 25 knots.[3] The Adventures barely exceeded their design speed when they ran their sea trials in 1905.[5] The scout cruisers soon proved too slow for this role as faster, turbine-engined, destroyers entered service before the First World War. The sisters carried a maximum of 454 long tons (461 t) of coal which gave them a range of 2,370 nautical miles (4,390 km; 2,730 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[6]
The main armament of the Adventure class consisted of ten QF 12-pounder 18-cwt guns.amidships. They also carried eight QF three-pounder Hotchkiss guns and two single mounts for 18-inch torpedo tubes, one on each broadside. The ships' protective deck armour ranged in thickness from 0.75 to 2 inches (19 to 51 mm) and the conning tower had armour 3 inches (76 mm) thick.[3]
Ships
| Ship | Builder[8] | Laid down[8]
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Launched[8] | Completed[8] | Fate[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Adventure | Elswick, Tyne and Wear
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7 January 1904 | 8 September 1904 | October 1905 | Sold for scrap, 3 March 1920 |
| HMS Attentive | 8 January 1904 | 22 November 1904 | Sold for scrap, 12 April 1920 |
Construction and service
The sisters were placed in reserve for two years after completion, during which time two additional 12-pounder guns were added and the 3-pounder guns were replaced with six
paid off; they were sold for scrap in 1920.[10]
Notes
- ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 18 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Brook, Peter (1999). Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867 – 1927. Gravesend, Kent, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-89-4.
- ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8.
- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- McBride, K. D. (1994). "The Royal Navy 'Scout' Class of 1904–05". Warship International. XXXI (3): 260–281. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Morris, Douglas (1987). Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies Since 1879. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-35-1.
- Preston, Antony (1985). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 1–104. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Roberts, John (1979). "Great Britain (Including Empire Forces)". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 1–114. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
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