hms duke edinburgh hms duke edinburgh lead ship duke edinburgh class armoured cruisers 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 duke edinburgh transferred grand_fleet december participated battle jutland damaged battle ship squadron survive eventually transferred atlantic_ocean august convoy escort duties ship sold scrap description duke edinburgh 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 armament main armament consisted inch guns single turrets guns distributed centerline turrets fore aft turrets disposed corners funnels secondary armament inch guns arranged single casemates mounted amidships main deck usable calm weather vickers quick firing pounders fitted turret roofs fourteen superstructure ship mounted submerged inch torpedo tubes history duke edinburgh ordered naval construction programme lead ship class laid february wales launched june completed january cost edinburgh named alfred duke edinburgh queen_victoria sons ship assigned 5th transferred 1st cruiser squadron channel_fleet royal_navy cruiser squadrons reorganized duke edinburgh rejoined 5th cruiser squadron helped rescue survivors ran aground coast morocco december served 1st cruiser squadron mediterranean_fleet british began prepare war july ship malta refit cut short joined rest squadron southern approaches adriatic involved pursuit german battlecruiser light cruiser outbreak world war ordered engage august duke edinburgh sister ship ordered red_sea protect troop convoys arriving india duty ship captured german tons grt august escorting troop convoy india france november duke edinburgh provided cover battalions infantry seized turkish fort entrance red_sea ship landed demolition party blew fort november rejoined convoy duke edinburgh rejoined 1st transferred grand_fleet meantime december march ship main deck inch guns removed openings guns upper deck wing turrets protected gun shields battle jutland 1st grand_fleet right leading ships squadron flagship hms warrior spotted opened fire shells felt short ships turned port pursuit cutting battlecruiser forced turn away avoid collision duke edinburgh follow ships turned port northeast ship spotted disabled german light cruiser sms fired rounds steamed position starboard bow leading ship 2nd funnel smoke obscured german ships foremost dreadnoughts 2nd battle squadron torpedo attack german destroyers admiral battlecruisers failed forced duke edinburgh evade torpedo ship reported submarine sighting german submarines operating area fired false submarine contact battle duke edinburgh attached 2nd remained sea june searching disabled ships arrived scapa_flow afternoon june evening august grand_fleet including duke edinburgh sea response message high_seas_fleet minus battle squadron leaving harbour night germans planned bombard port august extensive reconnaissance provided submarines germans broke planned attack pursue lone british battle squadron reported fact commodore realising mistake germans set course home jutland 2nd including ordered reinforce patrols north german blockade runners commerce raiders ship foremast converted support weight fire control director director actually fitted known inch guns added forecastle deck refit transferred north_america west indies station august convoy escort duties remained duration war return duke edinburgh stationed sold scrap april broken northumberland
HMS Duke of Edinburgh