Fleet
Royal Navy
Ship Type
Light Cruiser
Nickname
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Ship Class
Boadicea Light Cruiser
Grouping
Attached Light Cruisers
Command
Grand Fleet
Builder's Yard
Pembroke Royal Dockyard
Budget Year
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Construction Notes
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Date Laid Down
01.06.1907
Launch Date
14.05.1908
Completed date
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Commission date
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Year laid down
1907
Year launched
1908
Year completed
1909 (June)
Commission Year
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Pennant No
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Photo Details
Symonds & Co - This is photograph Q 21023A from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 2107-01). Public Domain.
Related stories
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Sister ships
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Eventual Fate
Sold for scrap 1926
Jutland result
Did not fire her guns at Jutland
Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Captain Louis C. S. Woollcombe, M.V.O.
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
317
Officers
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Ratings
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Killed
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Wounded
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Prisoners
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Displacement full Load (tons)
3,400
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
405'
Length (mtrs)
123.4
Beam (ft)
41' 6"
Beam (mtrs)
12.6
Draught (ft)
14'
Draught (mtrs)
4.3
Max. Speed (knots)
25 - 26
Range (miles)
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Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
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Propulsion
4 shafts powered by 2 double Parsons steam turbines with 12 Yarrow boilers rated at 18,000 shp
Armour Main Belt
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Deck Armour
1" (0.25 mm) thick on curves, 0.5" on flat
Turret Armour IN CM
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Conning Tower Armour
4"
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
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No. Primary Turrets
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Guns (No.barrels)
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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
Six BL 4" Mk VII guns (102 mm)
Guns (No.barrels) 2
6
Rounds per secondary
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Other Armament
Four Single 47 mm (1.9”) 3-pdr Vikcers Mk I guns
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
21"
No. tubes
4
Torpedo Type MM
530 mm
No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
single torpedo mounts
References & sources
Source: H M Le Fleming Warships of World War One