HAMPSHIRE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Armoured cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Devonshire

Grouping

2nd Cruiser Squadron (Rear-Admiral H L Heath)

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Armstrong Whitworth Elswick

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

01.09.1902

Launch Date

24.09.1903

Completed date

15.07.1905

Commission date

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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

A week after Jutland, Field Marshall Lord Kitchener used by HMS Hampshire to take him to Russia for talks. The ship took the westerly route around the Orkney and, on June 5th, sunk after hitting a mine. Ktchener was drowned. Of the 655 crewmen and 7 passengers, 12 crew survived, having used 2 Carley boats to get ashore. David Lloyd Geroge had been slated to join him and had to cancel at the last moment.

Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

Hardly engaged during battle. Fired 4 salvoes at German 2nd Scouting Group.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Herbert J. Savill

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

610

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)

10,850

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

473' 6"

Length (mtrs)

144.3

Beam (ft)

68' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

20.9

Draught (ft)

24

Draught (mtrs)

7.3

Max. Speed (knots)

22

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

2 shafts run off 2 4 cylinder Triple expansion steam engines. Rated at 21,000 ihp.

Armour Main Belt

2" - 6" (51 - 152 mm)

Deck Armour

0.75" - 2" (19 - 51 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

5" (130 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

12" (305 mm)

Barbette Armour

6" (152 mm)

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

single BL 7.5"" Mk 1 guns

No. Primary Turrets

4

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)

200 (91 kg)

Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

single BL 6"" Mk VII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

6

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

2 x 12 pdr 8 cwt guns, 18 QF 3 pdr Hotchkiss 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

18"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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