Highflyer-class cruiser

Class overview
HMS Highflyer
Name:	Highflyer
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Pelorus class
Succeeded by:	Challenger class
Completed:	3
Lost:	1
Scrapped:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Protected cruiser
Displacement:	5,600 long tons (5,690 t)
Length:	350 ft (106.7 m) (p/p, 372 ft (113.4 m) (o/a)
Beam:	54 ft (16.5 m)
Draught:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Installed power:	10,000 ihp (7,460 kW) 18 water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	450
Armament:	11 × single QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 9 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt (3-inch, 76.2 mm) guns 6 × single 3-pounder (47 mm) quick firing guns 2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)

The Highflyer-class cruisers were a three-ship class of second-class protected cruisers of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1897 and completed at an average cost of £300,000.

They were essentially repeats of the Eclipse class, but carried eleven 6-inch main guns as the main armament instead of the mix of 6 inch and 4.7 inch guns used on the earlier ships. They also used water tube boilers like the Arrogant class, with slightly upgraded machinery, but unlike the Arrogant class they were not designed to act as rams. The water tube boilers raised the speed of the ships by half a knot, and were 100 tons lighter than the boilers used in the Eclipse-class ships, almost making up for the increased weight of the guns. With the very similar Challenger-class ships they were the last British light cruisers before HMS Bristol was laid down in 1909.

Ships

HMS Highflyer - launched on 4 June 1898, she served on numerous stations and hunted commerce raiders. She was sold for scrapping 10 June 1921, by then the last Victorian era cruiser in service with the Royal Navy.
HMS Hermes - launched on 7 April 1898, she was converted to a seaplane carrier in 1913, and sunk on 31 October 1914 by U 27
HMS Hyacinth - launched on 27 October 1898, she served on southern stations in the First World War, and assisted in the blockade of SMS Königsberg. She was sold for scrapping on 11 October 1923.

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
Highflyer class in World War I
History of the Highflyer class
Highflyers
Experimental seaplane carrier Hermes

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Highflyer-class cruiser

Hermes Highflyer Hyacinth

Preceded by: Pelorus class Followed by: Challenger class List of cruisers of the Royal 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

Highflyer-class cruiser

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