HMS Bacchante (1901)
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 HMS Bacchante |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Bacchante |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company |
| Launched: | 21 February 1901 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1 July 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 12,000 tons |
| Length: | 472 ft (144 m) |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft (21.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | triple expansion engines twin screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Armament: | 2 × 9.2 in guns 12 × 6 in guns 13 × 12 pounder guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bacchante.
HMS Bacchante was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 for the Royal Navy. Bacchante 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.
At the outbreak of WWI, Baccante served as the flagship of the Live Bait Squadron, blockading the English Channel from the North Sea to German traffic.
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.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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