HMS Essex (1901)
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 HMS Essex |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Essex |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dock |
| Launched: | August 29, 1901 |
| Fate: | Sold November 8, 1921 |
| 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 |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Essex.
HMS Essex was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on August 29, 1901. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, and survived to be sold for scrap on November 8, 1921. Essex was eventually broken up in Germany.
[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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