hms hms lead ship class scout cruisers built royal_navy decade 20th century led 1st destroyer flotilla completion ship transferred 3rd destroyer flotilla year later reassigned 2nd battle squadron spent bulk world war squadron ship present fight converted end sorties lay mines end war placed reserve war taken service ship harbour service sold scrap design description designed provide destroyer command ship capable enemy destroyers inch guns proved slow service start career knot mph speed barely capable matching speeds river class destroyers led flotilla proved inadequate match speed later destroyers displacing long tons ship overall length feet beam feet inches deep draught feet powered parsons steam turbine sets driving shafts turbines produced total indicated horsepower steam produced yarrow boilers burned fuel oil coal gave maximum speed knots mph carried maximum long tons coal long tons fuel oil crew consisted officers enlisted men main armament consisted breech loading inch vii guns forward pair guns mounted platform forecastle middle pair amidships broadside remaining guns quarterdeck ahead guns fired pound shells range yards secondary armament quick firing pounder guns submerged inch torpedo tubes war additional inch guns added amidships increase firepower inch cwt anti aircraft gun added replaced inch gun scout cruiser ship lightly protected speed curved protective deck inch thick slope inches flat conning tower protected inches armour construction service fourth ship bear royal_navy laid royal dockyard june launched turbine powered cruiser royal_navy completed june temporary command commander captain relieved july ship flotilla leader 1st destroyer flotilla captain assumed command ship october relieved captain ship transferred 3rd destroyer flotilla july carey command april captain replaced transferred 2nd battle squadron july fox relieved captain july took vice admiral scapa_flow assume command grand_fleet assigned grand_fleet scapa_flow start war december bridge crewmen lost overboard severe weather squadron sortied intercept german ships bombarding ports yorkshire return port repairs battle jutland june assigned position rear squadron fire guns actually spotted german fleet night battle report passed fear giving away position grand_fleet relieved captain september ship relieved squadron sister ship october detached duties probably preparation conversion december assigned 4th battle squadron january laid mines entrance nights february total mines laid missions ship remained rest war end war november ship relieved assignment assigned february placed reserve following month paid february chatham dockyard harbour service sold scrap july broken
HMS Boadicea (1908)