HMS Minotaur (1906)
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| Name: | HMS Minotaur |
| Builder: | Devonport dockyard |
| Launched: | June 6, 1906 |
| Fate: | Sold May 12, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 490 ft (150 m) between perpendiculars 519 ft (158 m) overall |
| Beam: | 74.5 ft (22.7 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 24 Yarrow boilers 4 Cylinder Triple-expansion engines 2 shafts, 3-bladed propellers 27,000 hp |
| Speed: | 22.9 knots |
| Complement: | 54 officers 849 enlisted 903 total |
| Armament: | 4 × 9.2 in (234 mm) guns (2 × 2) 10 × 7.5 in (191 mm) guns (10 × 1) 16 × 12 pounder guns (16 × 1) 5 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes, submerged |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Minotaur.
HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the Minotaur-class of armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1906.
[edit] Career
She served in the First World War with her sisters, taking part in convoy duties from Australia to the Mediterranean. She fought at Jutland as part of the Second Cruiser Squadron. She was the flagship of Rear Admiral H. L. Heath and captained by A. C. S. H. D'Eath. Unlike her sister, Defence, she survived the battle, and the War, to be sold for breaking up to Ward of Milford Haven on May 12, 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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