hms hms lead ship class armoured cruisers built royal_navy launched served flagship world war shortly war began ship searched unsuccessfully transferred grand_fleet end rest war served flagship 7th 2nd spent time assigned participated battle jutland fire weapons battle ship paid sold scrap following year description displaced long tons built long tons deep load ship overall length feet beam feet inches mean draught feet powered pair cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving shaft developed total indicated horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph engines powered yarrow water tube boilers ship carried maximum long tons coal additional long tons fuel oil sprayed coal increase burn rate capacity steam nautical miles speed knots mph designed carry officers men mustered ship main armament consisted inch guns twin gun turrets fore aft secondary armament inch guns mounted amidships single turrets anti torpedo boat defence provided sixteen pounder inch cwt guns mounted submerged inch torpedo tubes mounted stern waterline belt consisted inches krupp cemented armour roughly fore aft inch gun turrets reduced steps inches ends ship gun turrets barbettes protected armour thickness lower deck inches armour conning tower inches thick construction career ordered naval construction programme class armoured cruisers laid january christened june ship suffered coal gas explosion injured sailors dockyard worker november commissioned april cost ship assigned 5th cruiser squadron home fleet commissioning escorted royal yacht victoria albert kiel germany king edward vii wife visited russia june month escorted battlecruiser carried canada commemorate ship transferred 1st cruiser squadron home fleet reorganized march present fleet reviews june july ordered january relieve king alfred flagship july ships assigned china station ordered assemble hong_kong shortly start world war ship armoured cruiser hampshire light cruiser newcastle sailed german owned island captured august destroyed radio station gunfire unsuccessfully searched ships light cruiser reported destroyed ships mid september ordered west coast sumatra search german warship unsuccessful ordered escort troop convoy wellington new_zealand late september ship detached convoy ordered proceed cape good hope reinforce squadron november admiralty learned defeat battle arrival flagship command vice admiral escorted south african troop convoy german south west africa ship near south_africa destroyed battle early december ordered home december arrival flagship 7th command rear admiral based received brief refit early assigned year ship received pounder inch cwt anti aircraft gun pounder gun pounder gun mounted aft superstructure pounder quarterdeck extreme rear ship transferred 2nd participated battle jutland following day flagship remained battle fire inch guns battle present attempted interception high_seas_fleet grand_fleet august combat occurred rest war ship assigned december sister shannon destroyers assigned patrol convoy route norway germans successfully destroyed convoy norwegian coast following day returned home spotted british ships able rescue survivors escort sole surviving ship convoy crippled destroyer scapa_flow pounder gun mounted aft superstructure moved roof forward inch gun turret fire control system installed director mounted platform fitted foremast paid february placed disposal list sale march sold following month
HMS Minotaur (1906)