Challenger-class cruiser

Class overview
HMS Challenger
Name:	Challenger
Operators:	Royal Navy Royal Australian Navy
Preceded by:	Highflyer class
Succeeded by:	Topaze class
In commission:	1904-1929
Completed:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Protected cruiser
Displacement:	5,880 tons
Length:	355 ft (108.2 m)
Beam:	56 ft (17.1 m)
Draught:	21 ft 8 in (6.60 m)
Installed power:	12,500 ihp (9,320 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, Vertical triple-expansion steam engines 18 water-tube boilers
Speed:	21 knots (38.9 km/h; 24.2 mph)
Complement:	430-450
Armament:	As built: 11 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 9 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt (3-inch) guns 6 × 3-pounder quick firing guns 2 × 17.7-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 1.5–3 in (38.1–76.2 mm) Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)

The Challenger class cruisers were a two-ship class of second class protected cruisers of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy.

Ships

HMS Challenger - Sold 1920
HMS Encounter - To Australia in 1912 as HMAS Encounter, renamed Penguin 1923, scuttled 1932.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company

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Challenger-class cruisers

Royal Navy	Challenger Encounter

Royal Australian Navy	Encounter / Penguin

Preceded by: Highflyer class Followed by: Topaze class

List of cruisers of the Royal Navy List of cruisers of the Royal Australian Navy

British naval ship classes of the First World War

Aircraft/Seaplane carriers	Anne^S^V Argus^S^V Ark Royal^S Ben-my-Chree^S^V Campania^S^V Empress^S^V Engadine^S^V Furious^M Manxman^S^V Nairana^S^V Pegasus^S^V Raven II^S^V Riviera^S^V Vindex^S^V Vindictive^S^V

Dreadnought battleships	Dreadnought^S Bellerophon St Vincent Neptune^S Colossus Orion King George V Erin^S Agincourt^S Iron Duke Canada^S Queen Elizabeth Revenge

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Royal Sovereign Majestic Canopus Formidable Duncan King Edward VII Swiftsure Lord Nelson

Battlecruisers	Invincible Indefatigable Lion Queen Mary^S Tiger^S Renown Courageous Admiral^S^C Incomparable^X

Armoured cruisers	Cressy Drake Monmouth Devonshire Duke of Edinburgh Warrior Minotaur

Heavy cruisers	Hawkins

Light cruisers	Town^G Arethusa C^{G, C} Danae^C Emerald^A

Protected cruisers	Apollo Astraea Eclipse Blake Pearl Edgar Powerful Diadem Arrogant Pelorus Highflyer Challenger Topaze

Scout cruisers	Adventure Forward Pathfinder Sentinel Boadicea Blonde Active

Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Admiralty (or Scott)^C Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C

Destroyers	A^G B^G C^G D^G E^G F Cricket^G G H I K L Admiralty M Hawthorn M Thornycroft M Yarrow M Yarrow Later M R^G S^{G, C} Talisman V and W^{G, C}

Monitors	Marshal Ney Abercrombie Lord Clive Humber Gorgon M15 M29 Erebus

Minesweepers	Flower Racecourse Hunt 24^C

Gunboats	Fly Insect

Submarines	A B C D E F G H^C J K L^C M^C R^C Swordfish^S V

A All completed after the war C One or more completed after the war G Grouping of several classes M converted from Courageous class S Single ship of class V Conversions X Cancelled

Challenger-class cruiser

Ships

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References

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