HMS Bedford (1901)

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HMS Bedford
Career Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Bedford
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan
Launched: August 31, 1901
Fate: Wrecked August 21, 1910
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 9,800 tons
Length: 463.5 ft (141.3 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draught: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion: 4-cylinder triple-extension steam engines
two shafts
31 Belleville boilers
22,000hp
Speed: apprx 23 knots
Complement: 678
Armament: 14 x 6in guns
9 x 12 pounder guns
Armour: 4in (102mm) belt
5in (127mm) barbette
5in (127mm) turret

HMS Bedford was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of 9,800 tons displacement, of the British Royal Navy. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, she was launched on August 31, 1901. She only spent nine years in service before she was wrecked on August 21, 1910 off Quelport Island in the China Sea. The wreck was subsequently sold for breaking up in October 1910.

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