| Career | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Active class scout cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Active |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 27 July 1910 |
| Launched: | 14 March 1911 |
| Commissioned: | December 1911 |
| Fate: | Sold 21 May 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,440 tons normal 4,000 tons deep load |
| Length: | 385 ft (117 m) (p/p) 406 ft (124 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) |
| Propulsion: | 12 Yarrow boilers Parsons turbines Four shafts 18,000 shp |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | Carried 350 tons coal (780 tons max) 190 tons fuel oil |
| Complement: | 321-325 |
| Armament: |
10 x BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) 50cal Mk VII guns (10 x 1) |
| Armour: | conning tower: 4 inch deck: 1 inch |
HMS Active was an Active class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 14 March 1911.
On commissioning, Active was assigned as leader of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla with the Harwich Force, defending the eastern approaches to the English Channel. In 1915 she was reassigned to the Grand Fleet, and on 31 May-1 June 1916 she took part in the Battle of Jutland. She survived the battle and later that year was assigned as leader of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at Portsmouth. In 1917 she was at Queenstown and later that year was deployed in the Mediterranean. She survived the First World War and was sold for scrapping on 21 May 1920.
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