| Laid down | 9th November 1898 |
| Launched | 16th May 1900 |
| Completed | 3rd April 1902 |
| Commissioned | N/A |
| Fate | Sunk: 22nd September 1914 |
| Builders | Fairfield, Govan United Kingdom |
| Complement | 760 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 12000 tons max |
| Dimensions | 472' x 69' 6" |
| Draught | 26' |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 2 x 9.2" (2 x 1) |
| Secondary guns | 12 x 6" (12 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | 3 x 18" 1 stern, 2 beam |
| Other weapons | 12 x 12pdr 3 x 3pdr |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Belt: 2" - 6" Deck: 1" - 3" Bulkheads: 5" C.T.: 12" Turrets: 6" Casemates: 5" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | None |
| Flightdeck | None |
| Hangar | None |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | None |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | None |
| Sonar | None |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 30 x Belleville boilers 2 x 4 cyl. triple expansion |
| Power output | 21000ihp |
| Speed | 21kts |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | N/A |
| Fuel | 1600 tons coal |
Aboukir was assigned to the Mediterranean station in 1902. In 1906 she became part of the North
America / West Indies station.
She was torpedoed by U9 while patrolling in an area known as the Broad Fourteens, off
the Netherlands.
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