HMS Russell (1901)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow |
| Laid down: | 11 March 1899 |
| Launched: | 19 February 1901 |
| Fate: | Mined 27 April 1916 off Malta |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14000 tons normal |
| Length: | 432 ft (132 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft 7 in (23.0 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft 7 in (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Water tube boilers, 2 × vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 18,000 ihp |
| Speed: | 19 kt |
| Complement: | 720 |
| Armament: |
Main guns - 4 × 12" (2 × 2) Torpedotubes-4×18" Otherweapons-12×12 pdrQF Countermeasures-None |
| Armour: |
Belt: 7" Barbettes:11" Turrets:10" |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Russell.
HMS Russell was a pre-Dreadnought Duncan-class battleship of the Royal Navy. During World War I she joined the Channel Fleet in 1914. She took part in the bombardment of Zeebrugge, and was also involved in the Dardanelles campaign, taking part later on, in the evacuation of Gallipoli. On 27 April 1916 she was mined off the coast of Malta, with the loss of over 100 lives. The future First Sea Lord John H. D. Cunningham served aboard her, and survived her sinking.
[edit] References
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., British Warships 1914-1919, (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
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