duke edinburgh class armoured cruiser built royal_navy stationed mediterranean world war began participated pursuit german battlecruiser light cruiser german ships reached ottoman waters ship sent red_sea mid august protect troop convoys arriving india search german merchant ships capturing ships transferred grand_fleet december sunk hands killed design description armoured cruisers new design duke edinburgh named edward black prince ordered royal_navy naval estimates ships designed royal_navy supervision new director naval construction sir new design significantly larger previous class cruisers mounting heavier main armament guns single turrets displaced long tons built long tons fully loaded ship overall length feet inches beam feet inches draught feet powered cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving shafts produced total indicated horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph engines powered water tube boilers cylindrical boilers ship carried maximum long tons coal additional long tons fuel oil sprayed coal increase burn rate capacity steam nautical miles speed knots mph ship complement officers enlisted men main armament consisted inch guns single turrets beam giving broadside guns secondary armament inch guns arranged single casemates mounted amidships main deck usable calm weather vickers pounders fitted turret roofs fourteen superstructure ship mounted submerged inch torpedo tubes operational history laid june shipyard london launched november completed march completed served 2nd squadron 1st 5th cruiser squadron beginning world war armoured cruisers serving 1st cruiser squadron mediterranean_fleet commanded rear admiral participated pursuit following escape german ships neutral turkey duke edinburgh sent red_sea search german merchant ships capturing german ocean liners november ordered gibraltar join squadron french british ships search german warships sea african coast cancelled november location revealed survivors joined grand_fleet december assigned 1st sir modified march result lessons learned battle inch guns removed casemates replaced inch guns mounted individually shields beam inch turrets loss ship participated battle jutland sunk heavy loss life circumstances sank mysterious years british lost contact ship destroyed unsure submarine surface ship responsible sinking battle 1st deployed screening force miles ahead main force grand_fleet lost contact rest squadron came contact german forces soon members defence warrior heavily engaged german battleships battlecruisers defence blowing warrior receiving heavy damage later caused sink positive sightings british fleet wireless signal received reporting submarine sighting night june british destroyer badly damaged german battleship nassau sighted appeared german battlecruiser widely spaced funnels described mass fire foremast mainmast deck decks flames issuing corner mystery ship exploded midnight later thought burning ship funnels having collapsed shot away recent historians hold german account ship sinking briefly engaged german battleship scoring hits inch shells separated rest british fleet approached german lines approximately midnight turned away german battleships late german battleship fixed opened fire german ships including battleships nassau friedrich der joined bombardment return fire ineffective german ships yards effectively point blank range contemporary naval gunnery ship hit heavy shells smaller ones sinking minutes survivors crew killed designated protected place remains act popular culture episode series australia series think australian writer actor comedian discovered great grandfather john steward killed
HMS Black Prince (1904)