HMS Roxburgh (1904)
 Roxburgh
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Roxburgh |
| Namesake | Roxburghshire |
| Builder | London & Glasgow Shipbuilding, Govan |
| Laid down | 13 June 1902 |
| Launched | 19 January 1904 |
| Completed | 5 September 1905 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 November 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 | 2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Complement | 610 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | |
HMS Roxburgh was one of six
Upon mobilisation in mid-1914 her squadron was assigned to the
Design and description
Roxburgh 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 service
Roxburgh, 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 e 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. 265
- ^ The Engineer 22 January 1904, p. 94
- ^ Friedman 2012, p. 288; Gardiner & Gray, p. 13
- ^ a b c Gardiner & Gray, p. 13
- ^ Corbett, Vol. I, pp. 31, 77, 206
- ^ Jellicoe, pp. 224–25
- ^ "WWI Uboats: U 89". Uboat.net. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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.
- 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.
- Goldrick, James (1984). The King's Ships Were at Sea: The War in the North Sea August 1914–February 1915. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-334-2.
- Jellicoe, John (1919). The Grand Fleet 1914–1916: Its Creation, Development and Work. London: Cassell and Company.
- "Launch of H.M.S. Roxburgh" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 97. 22 January 1904. pp. 94–95.
- 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.
- Sieche, Erwin F. (1990). "Austria-Hungary's Last Visit to the USA". Warship International. XXVII (2): 142–164. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
- "Transcript: HMS ROXBURGH - June 1916 to November 1918, British Waters, North Atlantic, Caribbean, North Atlantic Convoys". Royal Navy Log Books of the World War 1 Era. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
External links
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