HMS Bacchante (1901)
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| Launched: | 21 February 1901 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1 July 1920 |
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| Displacement: | 12,000 tons |
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| Speed: | 21 knots |
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| Armament: | 2 × 9.2 in guns |
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HMS Bacchante was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 for the Royal Navy. Bacchane served for a while with the Mediterranean Fleet. In 1906 she was transferred to the North America and West Indies Squadron and served there until she returned to home waters.
Bacchante took part in the landing at Anzac Cove during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915. When the infantry came under fire from Turkish artillery at Gaba Tepe, Bacchante approached close in to shore and fired directly on the gun emplacements in an attempt to silence them.
Bacchante was sold in 1920.
See HMS Bacchante for other ships of the name.
| Cressy-class cruiser |
| List of cruisers of the Royal Navy |
