Drake-class cruiser
HMS Drake in 1909
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Class overview | |
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Name | Drake class |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Cressy class |
Succeeded by | Monmouth class |
Built | 1899-1903 |
In commission | 1902–1920 |
Completed | 4 |
Lost | 2 |
Scrapped | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Armoured cruiser |
Displacement | 14,150 long tons (14,380 t) (normal) |
Length | 533 ft 6 in (162.6 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 71 ft 4 in (21.7 m) |
Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Complement | 900 |
Armament |
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Armour |
The Drake class was a four-ship class of
Design and description
The Drake class were enlarged and improved versions of the
The ships were powered by two 4-cylinder
The main armament of the Drake-class ships consisted of two
The ship's waterline armour belt had a maximum thickness of 6 inches (152 mm) and was closed off by 5-inch (127 mm) transverse bulkheads. The armour of the gun turrets and their barbettes was 6 inches thick while the casemate armour was 5 inches thick. The protective deck armour ranged in thickness from 1–2.5 inches (25–64 mm) and the conning tower was protected by 12 inches (305 mm) of armour.[2]
Ships
The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Drake class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. The compilers of
Ship | Builder | Date of | Cost according to | |||
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Laid down
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Launch | Completion | ( BNA 1905)[8]
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( BNA 1906)[9]
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Drake | HM Dockyard, Pembroke | 24 Apr 1899 | 5 Mar 1901 | 13 Jan 1902 | £1,050,625 | £1,002,977 |
Good Hope (ex-Africa) |
Fairfield Shipping and Engineering, Govan
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11 Sep 1899 | 21 Feb 1901 | 8 Nov 1902 | £1,023,629 | £990,759 |
King Alfred | Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
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11 Aug 1899 | 28 Oct 1901 | 22 Dec 1903 | £1,013,772 | £978,125 |
Leviathan | John Brown, Clydebank | 30 Nov 1899 | 3 Jul 1901 | 16 Jun 1903 | £1,043,097 | £1,012,959 |
Service history
The ships served in the
Notes
- ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Footnotes
- ^ Friedman 2012, pp. 243–52
- ^ a b c d Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 69
- ^ a b c Friedman 2012, p. 336
- ^ Friedman 2011, pp. 71–72
- ^ Friedman 2012, pp. 243, 260–61
- ^ Friedman 2011, pp. 80–81
- ^ Friedman 2012, pp. 250, 336
- ^ Brassey's Naval Annual 1905, pp. 234–243
- ^ Brassey's Naval Annual 1906, pp. 208–215
- ^ Thon, Eivind (1942). Krig og penger. Oslo: Aschehoug & Co.
Bibliography
- The Naval Annual 1905
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- ISBN 0-89839-256-X.
- Friedman, Norman (2012). British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-59114-068-9.
- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- Leyland, J. and The Naval Annual 1906[1]
- ISBN 0-224-04092-8.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
External links
- The Dreadnought Project Technical details of the ships.