warrior class cruiser warrior class cruiser class armoured cruisers built royal_navy decade 20th century commissioning sister ships assigned warrior transferred mediterranean_fleet start world war august warrior participated pursuit german battlecruiser light cruiser sisters assigned 2nd cruiser squadron grand_fleet warrior joined 1st cruiser squadron grand_fleet late squadron participated naval battles north_sea destroyed magazine explosion late ships participated battle jutland engaged battle warrior heavily damaged sank following morning assigned blockade duty battle sank german commerce early surviving sisters convoy escorts returning home supported allied intervention russian civil war ran aground late broke training ship late sold scrap design description armoured cruisers naval programme originally intended repeats preceding duke edinburgh class complaints fleet low placement secondary armament earlier ships type meant guns fought dead calm sea caused issue reviewed late early based warriors expected lighter allowed weight changing secondary armament officers fleet suggested changing armament inch guns single gun turrets raised upper deck ships begun construction change cost total ships admiralty approved change march warrior class ships designed displace long tons proved lighter built change armament 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 ships complement officers enlisted men gun platforms predecessors metacentric height feet best shooting ships fleet respectively good sea boats according naval historian gained reputation best cruisers british built cruisers powered cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving shaft produced total indicated horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph engines powered steam yarrow boilers cylindrical boilers working pressure psi kpa cm2 ships carried maximum long tons coal additional long tons fuel oil sprayed coal increase burn rate capacity steam nautical miles speed knots mph armament warriors main armament consisted calibre inch guns single gun turrets 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 turrets amidships guns traverse broadside elevation range gave range yards elevation pound shell guns rate fire rounds minute gun provided rounds vickers quick firing pounder guns fitted defence torpedo boats turret roofs eighteen 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 warrior 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 main gun turrets inches thick inch sides inch roof secondary gun turrets newer design armour inch thick roof thickness turrets barbettes protected inches armour ammunition armour inches armour belt thickness lower deck inches patch inch armour steering gear inches thick engine cylinders sides conning tower inches thick modifications modifications known detail likely sisters received modifications point funnels proved short service raised superstructure free smoke following wind 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 replaced inch cwt guns high angle mount gun maximum depression maximum elevation fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate rounds minute maximum effective ceiling pair vickers pounders high angle probably installed amidships elevate gun rate fire rounds minute maximum ceiling effective range yards guns inch turrets removed pounder guns superstructure removed guns forward inch wing turrets reduced total pounder guns excluding guns foremast converted mast support weight fire control director director actually fitted august ships service completion sisters assigned cruiser squadrons escorted royal yacht newly crowned king george trip india attend carried body ambassador great_britain new_york december warrior transferred 1st cruiser squadron mediterranean_fleet beginning world war assigned 2nd cruiser squadron mediterranean ship involved pursuit squadron commander rear admiral declined engage german ships warrior remained mediterranean assigned grand_fleet december rejoined 1st ships remained 2nd careers participate early naval battles war sunk magazine explosion near december killing estimated persons board wreck slowly salvaged decades remnants demolished 1970s longer hazard navigation participate surviving sisters warrior heavily damaged german capital ships battle losing crewmen killed wounded took lot water following morning crew evacuated 2nd engaged battle fire shot assigned blockade duties north_sea battle sank german leopard early surviving ships briefly transferred north_america west indies station late convoy escort duties returning home early began lengthy refit february based allied intervention russian civil war stranded november broke wreck broken place june surviving sister training ship late sold scrap
Warrior-class cruiser