WARRIOR

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Armoured Cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Warrior class

Grouping

Ist Cruiser Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Pembroke Dock

Budget Year

1903-1904 Naval Estimates

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

05.11.1903

Launch Date

25.11.1905

Completed date

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Commission date

12.12.1906

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

Defence

Eventual Fate

Sunk after enemy gunfire and having been cut loose from tow, 1st June 1916

Jutland result

At 17:57 SG II was spotted from Defence and Warrior. Opened fire but shells landed short. Closing in (and passing so closely across Lion's bow that the latter was force to swerve), SMS Wiesbaden was spotted and fire opened. At 18:05 and at 5,500 yards range the two armoured cruisers were spotted by SMS Derfflinger and 4 battleships a little further away (7,000 yards). By 18:20 the fire had been so accurate, that Defence blew up. Warror herself had been hit by six 15 cm (5.9") shells and "at least" (Wiki) 15 28 cm (11") heavy shells. Warrior was only let alone when HMS Warspite was spotted turning with a jammed rudder and fire was re-trained. HMS Engadine took off 743 survivors. She was abandoned at 08:25 on June 1st and gradually sank.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Vincent B. Molteno

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

712

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

71

Wounded

36

Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

14,500

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

503' 4"

Length (mtrs)

154

Beam (ft)

73' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

22.4

Draught (ft)

27' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

8.4

Max. Speed (knots)

23

Range (miles)

9,160 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

2,050 tons coal and 600 tons of fuel accelerant oil

Propulsion

2 shafts, 4 cylinder Triple Expansion steam engine. 19 Yarrow water tube boilers and 6 cylindrical boilers. Rated performance 23,650 shp.

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

BL 9.2" Mk X guns (234 mm)

No. Primary Turrets

6

Guns (No.barrels)

12

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 7.5" Mk II or Mk V guns (191 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

8

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Twenty-six Vickers QF 3 pdr,

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

18"

No. tubes

3

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged

References & sources

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