HMS Crescent |
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| Career | |
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| Name: | HMS Crescent |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 13 October 1890 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1892 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 22 September 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,700 tons |
| Length: | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
| Beam: | 60.75 ft (18.52 m) |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Armament: | 1 x BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) Mk VI gun 12 x QF 6 inch guns 12 x 6 pdr guns |
HMS Crescent was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. Crescent, and her sister ship Royal Arthur, were built to a slightly modified design and are sometimes considered a separate class. She was built at Portsmouth and launched on 30 March 1892. As at 11 January 1895 she was leaving Australia under Captain Arbuthnot.[1] She served in the First World War, and was sold on 22 September 1921 for breaking up in Germany.
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