HMS Essex (1901)

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HMS Essex
Career Royal Navy Ensign
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

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.

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