HMS King Alfred (1901)
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| Career |  |
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| Class and type: | Drake-class armoured cruiser |
| Name: | HMS King Alfred |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched: | 28 October 1901 |
| Fate: | Sold 30 January 1920 for breaking up |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 14,100 tons |
| Length: | 500 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 71 ft (22 m) |
| Armament: | 2 x 9.2in guns in single turrets 16 x 6in guns in casemates along hull 12 x 12 pounder guns |
HMS King Alfred was a 14,100-ton Drake-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, after Alfred the Great, historical king of Wessex. She was built by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness and launched on 28 October 1901.
Like her sisters, King Alfred served in the First World War, surviving it to be sold for breaking up on 30 January 1920. She was finally broken up in the Netherlands.
[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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