Naval history of the
Armoured Cruisers
including the Cressy, Devonshire, Drake, Duke of Edinburgh, Minotaur,
Monmouth and Warrior Classes.
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Orlando Class
Armoured Cruisers View
Class |
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Blake Class
Armoured Cruisers View Class
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HMS Blake |
23rd November 1889 |
Used as a depot ship in
August 1907 and then broken up 9th June 1922. |
HMS Blenheim |
26th May 1894 |
Used as a depot ship in May
1908 and then broken up 13th July 1926. |
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Edgar Class
Armoured Cruisers View
Class
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HMS Crescent |
30th March 1892 |
Used as a depot ship in 1917
and then broken up 22nd September 1921. |
HMS Edgar |
24th November 1890 |
Broken up 9th May 1921. |
HMS Endymion |
22nd July 1891 |
Broken up 16th March 1921. |
HMS Gibraltar |
27th April 1892 |
Used as a depot ship in June
1915 and then broken up September 1923. |
HMS Grafton |
30th January 1892 |
Broken up 1st July 1920. |
HMS Hawke |
11th March 1891 |
Sunk by torpedo 15th October
1914. |
HMS Royal Arthur |
26th February 1891 |
Used as a depot ship in 1915
and then broken up 22nd September 1921. |
HMS St George |
23rd June 1892 |
Used as a depot ship in March
1910 and then broken up 1st July 1920. |
HMS Theseus |
8th September 1892 |
Broken up 1921 and then
resold 8th November 1921. |
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Powerful
Class Armoured Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Powerful |
24th July 1895 |
Used for harbour service in
1912. Sold for scrapping 31st August 1929. |
HMS Terrible |
27th May 1895 |
Disarmed 1915, used for
harbour service in January 1918 and then sold for scrapping July 1932. |
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Diadem Class
Armoured Cruisers
View
Class |
HMS Amphitrite |
5th January 1898 |
Sold for scrapping 12th April
1920. |
HMS Andromeda |
30th April 1897 |
Used for harbour service
September 1913 then sold August 1920. |
HMS Argonaut |
24th January 1898 |
Used for harbour service 1916
then sold May 1920. |
HMS Ariadne |
22nd April 1898 |
Sunk by torpedo 26th July
1917. |
HMS Diadem |
21st October 1896 |
Used for harbour service 1918
then sold for scrap 9th May 1921. |
HMS Europa |
20th March 1897 |
Sold 15th September 1920. |
HMS Niobe |
20th February 1897 |
Used by Royal Canadian Navy
1910, then used for harbour service October 1915 and eventually broken up
1922. |
HMS Spartiate |
27th October 1898 |
Used for harbour service 1913
then sold July 1932. |
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Cressy Class
Armoured Cruiser View
Class |
HMS Aboukir |
16th May 1900 |
Sunk by torpedo 22nd
September 1914. |
HMS Bacchante |
21st February 1901 |
Sold for scrapping 1st July
1920. |
HMS Cressy |
4th December 1899 |
Sunk by torpedo 22nd
September 1914. |
HMS Euryalus |
20th May 1901 |
Sold for scrapping 1st July
1920. |
HMS Hogue |
13th August 1900 |
Sunk by torpedo 22nd
September 1914. |
HMS Sutlej |
18th November 1899 |
Sold for scrapping 9th May
1921. |
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Drake Class
Armoured Cruiser View
Class |
HMS Drake |
5th March 1901 |
Sunk by torpedo on 2nd
October 1917. |
HMS Good Hope |
21st February 1901 |
Sunk by gunfire 1st November
1914. |
HMS King Alfred |
28th October 1901 |
Sold and broken up 30th
January 1920. |
HMS Leviathan |
3rd July 1901 |
Sold and broken up 3rd March
1920. |
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Monmouth
Class Armoured Cruiser View
Class |
HMS Bedford |
31st August 1901 |
Wrecked 21st August 1910. |
HMS Berwick |
20th September 1902 |
Sold and broken up 1st July
1920. |
HMS Cornwall |
29th October 1902 |
Sold and broken up 7th June
1920. |
HMS Cumberland |
16th December 1902 |
Sold and broken up 9th May
1921. |
HMS Donegal |
4th September 1902 |
Sold and broken up 1st July
1920. |
HMS Essex |
29th August 1901 |
Sold and broken up 8th
November 1921. |
HMS Kent |
6th March 1901 |
Sold and broken up June 1920. |
HMS Lancaster |
22nd March 1902 |
Sold and broken up 3rd March
1920. |
HMS Monmouth |
13th November 1901 |
Sunk by gunfire on 1st
November 1914 |
HMS Suffolk |
15th January 1903 |
Sold and broken up 1st July
1920. |
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Devonshire
Class Armoured Cruiser View
Class |
HMS Antrim |
8th October 1903 |
Sold and broken up 19th
December 1922. |
HMS Argyll |
3rd April 1904 |
Wrecked on 28th October 1915. |
HMS Carnarvon |
7th October 1903 |
Sold and broken up 8th
November 1921. |
HMS Devonshire |
30th April 1904 |
Sold and broken up 9th May
1921. |
HMS Hampshire |
4th September 1903 |
Mined 5th June 1916. |
HMS Roxburgh |
19th January 1904 |
Sold 8th November 1921. |
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Duke of
Edinburgh Class Armoured Cruiser View
Class |
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Warrior Class
Armoured Cruiser View
Class |
HMS Achilles |
17th June 1905 |
Sold and broken up 9th May
1921. |
HMS Cochrane |
20th May 1905 |
Wrecked 14th November 1918. |
HMS Natal |
30th September 1905 |
Blew up 30th December 1915. |
HMS Warrior |
25th November 1905 |
Damaged by gunfire and
foundered during towing 1st June 1916. |
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Minotaur
Class Armoured Cruiser View
Class |
HMS Defence |
24th April 1907 |
Sunk by gunfire 31st May
1916. |
HMS Minotaur |
6th June 1906 |
Sold and broken up 12th April
1920. |
HMS Shannon |
20th September
1906 |
Sold and broken up 12th
December 1922. |
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