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Cressy-class cruiser

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HMS Cressy
HMS Cressy
Cressy-class RN Ensign
General Characteristics
Displacement: 12,000 tons
Length:
Beam:
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed: 21 knots
Range:
Complement:
Armament: 2 × 9.2 in guns (bow & stern)
12 × 6 in in central battery

The Cressy-class was a six ship class of armoured cruiser launched between December 1899 and May 1901, for the Royal Navy.

Until 1908, the ships served in Home waters, the Mediterranean and the Far East.

Ships of the Class

  • HMS Cressy: launched 4th December 1899, torpedoed and sunk 22nd September 1914
  • HMS Sutlej: launched 18th November 1899, scrapped 9th May 1921
  • HMS Aboukir: launched 16th May 1900, torpedoed and sunk 22nd September 1914
  • HMS Hogue: launched 13th August 1900, torpedoed and sunk 22nd September 1914
  • HMS Bacchante: launched 21st February 1901,scrapped 1st July 1920
  • HMS Euryalus: launched 20th May 1901, scrapped 1st July 1920