HMS Devonshire (1904)
 Devonshire at anchor
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Devonshire |
| Namesake | Devon |
| Builder | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down | 25 March 1902 |
| Launched | 30 April 1904 |
| Completed | 24 August 1905 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | armoured cruiser |
| Displacement | 10,850 long tons (11,020 t) (normal) |
| Length | 473 ft 6 in (144.3 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 68 ft 6 in (20.9 m) |
| Draught | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Complement | 610 |
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| Armour | |
HMS Devonshire was the
Upon mobilisation in mid-1914 her squadron was assigned to the Grand Fleet; Devonshire did not see combat before she was transferred to the Nore in 1916. At the end of that year she was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station and spent the rest of the war escorting convoys. She was sold for scrap in 1921.
Design and description
Devonshire was designed to
Her main armament consisted of four
At some point in the war, the main deck six-inch guns of the Devonshire-class ships were moved to the upper deck and given gun shields. Their casemates were plated over to improve seakeeping and the four 3-pounder guns displaced by the transfer were landed.[7]
The ship's waterline armour belt had a maximum thickness of six inches (152 mm) and was closed off by five-inch (127 mm) transverse bulkheads. The armour of the gun turrets was also five inches thick whilst that of their barbettes was six inches thick. The protective deck armour ranged in thickness from .75–2 inches (19–51 mm) and the conning tower was protected by twelve inches (305 mm) of armour.[1]
Construction and career
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Devonshire, named to commemorate the
The squadron was assigned to the Grand Fleet in mid-1914 as the Navy mobilised for war. It spent much of its time with the Grand Fleet reinforcing the patrols near the
Notes
- ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 71
- ^ Friedman 2012, p. 336
- ^ a b Friedman 2012, p. 256
- ^ Friedman 2011, pp. 75–76
- ^ Friedman 2012, pp. 256, 260–61
- ^ Friedman 2011, pp. 80–81
- ^ Friedman 2012, p. 280
- ^ a b Silverstone, p. 225
- ^ "Prince and Princess of Wales at Chatham". The Times. No. 36725. London. 26 March 1902. p. 8.
- ^ Friedman 2012, p. 254; Gardiner & Gray, p. 13
- ^ Corbett, Vol. I, pp. 31, 77, 206
- ^ a b c Gardiner & Gray, p. 13
- ^ Corbett, Vol. II, p. 419
- ^ Newbolt, Vol. IV, p. 181
- ^ THE NAVY LIST, FOR JULY, 1918, Corrected to The 18th JUNE, 1918. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1918. p. 21.
- ^ Friedman 2012, p. 254
Bibliography
- 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.
- Corbett, Julian (1997). Naval Operations. History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents. Vol. II (reprint of the 1929 second ed.). London and Nashville, Tennessee: Imperial War Museum in association with the Battery Press. ISBN 1-870423-74-7.
- 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.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- ISBN 0-224-04092-8.
- Newbolt, Henry (1996). Naval Operations. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. IV (reprint of the 1928 ed.). Nashville, Tennessee: Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-253-5.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
- "Transcript: HMS DEVONSHIRE - June 1916 to December 1917, Grand Fleet, North America & West Indies Station, North Atlantic Convoys (Part 1 of 2)". Royal Navy Log Books of the World War 1 Era. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
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