warrior class armoured cruiser built royal_navy decade 20th century served 2nd world war ship participate sink german leopard training ship sold scrap general description displaced long tons built long tons fully loaded ship overall length feet inches beam feet inches draught feet inches powered cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving shafts developed total indicated horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph engines powered yarrow 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 armament main armament consisted inch guns single turrets distributed centerline turrets fore aft turrets disposed corners funnels secondary armament inch mark guns single turrets carried amidships wing inch guns vickers pounders fitted turret roofs forward aft ships duke edinburgh class cruisers secondary armament inch guns inch guns open barbettes ships referred warrior class extra turrets comparison half sisters stability reduced good steady gun platforms roll ship mounted submerged inch torpedo tubes mounted stern wartime modifications single hotchkiss pounder anti aircraft gun high angle mounting mounted quarterdeck maximum depression maximum elevation gun fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate fire rounds minute maximum ceiling effective range yards foremast converted mast support weight fire control director director actually fitted known service ordered naval construction programme armoured cruisers laid february ship launched june completed april cost like sister ships joined 5th port visit russia ship later transferred 2nd accompanied sister armoured cruisers sent reinforce defences august days start world war squadron assigned grand_fleet beginning war missed evening august grand_fleet 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 grand_fleet sortie spotted boat sortie high_seas_fleet october armoured cruisers ordered patrol northern end north_sea approaches norway saw german ships march armed boarding steamer patrolling north encountered disguised german auxiliary cruiser leopard ship commanded prevent boarding fired torpedoes missed leopard stern badly damaging german ship opened fire german ship sank hour later survivors transferred north_america west indies station august convoy escort duties returned britain refit february december completion refit training ship chatham ship sold scrap
HMS Achilles (1905)