duke edinburgh class cruiser duke edinburgh class cruiser class armoured cruisers built royal_navy decade 20th century british armoured cruisers designed work protect merchant shipping commissioning assigned atlantic channel home fleets transferred mediterranean_fleet start world war august sister ships participated pursuit german battlecruiser light cruiser german ships reached refuge ships ordered red_sea convoy escort duties captured german merchant ships returned home end year sisters participated battle jutland sunk hands duke edinburgh spent year blockade duties north_sea transferred atlantic_ocean convoy escort duties rest war sold scrap design description preceding class royal_navy planned use armoured cruisers decided going form fast wing meant required heavier armour armament fight counterparts opposing fleets larger expensive armoured cruisers planned naval programme newly appointed director naval construction designed naval historian called cruiser editions king edward vii class battleships design worst feature designs predecessor sir placing secondary armament inch guns deck main armament meant guns dead calm sea solution problem offered construction began learned ships lighter expected weight available replace inch guns inch guns raised deck main armament change cost total ships far expensive rejected march duke edinburgh class ships designed displace long tons proved significantly lighter built displacing long tons normal load long tons fully loaded ships overall length feet inches length perpendiculars beam feet inches deep draught feet inches forward feet inches aft class feet longer overall displaced long tons ships complement officers enlisted men rolled quickly metacentric height feet deep load inch guns wet predicted cruisers powered cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving shaft produced total indicated horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph engines powered water tube boilers cylindrical boilers ships carried maximum long tons coal additional long tons fuel oil sprayed coal increase burn rate capacity steam nautical miles speed knots mph armament duke edinburgh main armament consisted calibre inch guns single gun turrets powerful gun guns distributed turrets fore aft superstructure wing turrets disposed corners funnels turrets traverse total wing turrets limited broadside muzzle blast gun elevation range inch shell weighed pounds fired maximum muzzle velocity gave range yards maximum elevation gun rate fire rounds minute ships carried rounds gun secondary armament calibre inch guns arranged single mounted amidships main deck usable calm weather guns traverse broadside initially maximum elevation later increased gave range yards elevation pound shell gun provided rounds vickers quick firing pounder guns fitted defence torpedo boats turret roofs fourteen superstructure pivot mounts guns small useful torpedo boats got torpedo range fired millimetre shell weighed pounds fired maximum muzzle velocity gave range yards elevation rounds carried gun ships mounted submerged inch torpedo tubes carried total eighteen torpedoes addition inch torpedoes foot steam armour duke edinburgh class ships inch waterline armour belt krupp cemented armour covered feet hull amidships covered ship upper deck height feet inches waterline reached feet inches central citadel bow belt armour inches thick extended stern thickness inches transverse bulkheads inches thick protected citadel fire faces gun turrets inches thick inch sides inch roof barbettes protected inches armour ammunition armour inches armour belt inch armour screens separated inch guns thickness lower deck inches patch inch armour steering gear inches thick engine cylinders sides conning tower inches thick modifications funnels proved short service raised feet years completion superstructure free smoke following wind march ships inch guns removed guns upper deck added forecastle ship foremast converted mast support weight fire control director probably added ships service duke edinburgh served channel atlantic home fleets world war stationed mediterranean world war began participated pursuit 1st ordered engage german ships reached ottoman waters ships sent red_sea mid august protect troop convoys arriving india escort duty captured german sisters rejoined 1st december transferred grand_fleet participated battle jutland separated fleet darkness fell sunk hands german battleships later night duke edinburgh damaged battle ship squadron survive jutland duke edinburgh ordered reinforce patrols north german blockade runners commerce raiders eventually transferred atlantic august convoy escort duties ship sold scrap
Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser