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Hampshire

HMS Hampshire

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeArmoured cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns4 × 7.5″ guns

Fought at Jutland. Mined off Orkney a week later, on 5 June 1916, with Lord Kitchener aboard.

Photo of HMS Hampshire : it is a commercial photo likely taken to produce a series of postcards by H. Symonds & Co of Portsmouth, which is no longer in operation (similar set). Photo: H. Symonds & Co—IWM shows no record of which specific employee of this company took the picture, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × single 7.5 in (191 mm) guns
  • 6 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 2 × single 12 pdr 8 cwt guns
  • 18 × single 3 pdr Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 × single 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm)
  • Decks: .75–2 in (19–51 mm)
  • Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm)
  • Turrets: 5 in (130 mm)
  • Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm)
  • Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm)
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Laid down1 September 1902
Launched24 September 1903
Displacement10,850 long tons (11,020 t) (normal)
Length473 ft 6 in (144.3 m) (o/a)
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement610

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

24 September 1903

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by mine, 5 June 1916