HMS Warrior (1905)
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HMS Warrior was the name ship of her class of cruisers of Royal Navy, built just before the outbreak of the First World War.
She was launched on 25 November 1905 at Pembroke Dockyard and completed on 12 December 1906. On completion she served in the Home Fleet until 1913 when she was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet with which she was involved in the pursuit of Goeben and Breslau at the outbreak of the war.
Warrior joined the Grand Fleet in December 1914. At the Battle of Jutland she was part of the ill-fated 1st Cruiser Squadron under Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot. Three of the four ships in the squadron were sunk during the battle, including Warrior. She was initially badly damaged by gunfire and taken in tow by the seaplane tender HMS Engadine who took off her surviving crew of 743. She was abandoned in a rising sea at 08:25 on June 1 and subsequently foundered.
See HMS Warrior for other ships of this name.
General Characteristics
- Displacement: 13,550 tons
- Length: 480 ft (146 m)
- Beam: 73.5 ft (22.4 m)
- Draft: 27.5 ft (8.4 m) maximum
- Complement: 704
- Armour: 6 inch (152 mm) belt, 7 inch (178 mm) barbette, 8 inch (203 mm) maximum over turret faces
- Armament: Six 9.2 inch (234 mm), four 7.5 inch (191 mm), twenty-four 3 pdr (1.4 kg), three 18 inch (457 mm) torpoedo tubes
- Propulsion: Twin 4 cylinder steam engines, twin screws, 23,500 hp (17.5 MW)
- Speed: 22.9 knots (42 km/h) maximumde:HMS Warrior (1905)