Hampshire (Devonshire Class)


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Laid down 1st September 1902
Launched 24th September 1903
Completed 15th July 1905
Commissioned N/A
Fate Sunk:
5th June 1916
Builders Armstrong, Elswick
United Kingdom
Complement 655
Dimensions
Displacement 10850 tons max
Dimensions 473' 6" x 68'
Draught 24'
Armament
Main guns 4 x 7.5" (4 x 1)
Secondary guns 6 x 6" (6 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 2 x 18" submerged
Other weapons 2 x 12pdr
18 x 3pdr
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 2" - 6"
Deck: 0.75" - 2"
Bulkheads: 5"
C.T.: 10"
Turrets: 5"
Casemates: 2" - 6"
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 17 x Yarrow boilers
2 x 4 cyl. triple expansion
Power output 21000ihp
Speed 22kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 1950 tons coal

Hampshire was mined off the Shetland Islands, Scotland while taking Lord Kitchener for a conference in Russia. Only 14 of the crew survived.

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