class armoured cruiser built royal_navy badly damaged multiple accidents fitting completed flagship year reduced reserve return recommissioned training ship north_america west indies station placed reserve fleet recommissioned start world war assigned 7th flagship defending eastern end english channel german attack shortly war began present battle bight weeks war began saw combat transferred convoy escort duties late sent egypt early assigned support british troops providing naval gunfire covered landing april providing fire support subsequent british offensive flagship january relieved july later year began conversion hong_kong incomplete war ended returned home sold scrap following year design description designed displace long tons ship overall length feet beam feet inches deep draught feet inches powered cylinder triple expansion steam engines driving shaft produced total indicated horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph engines powered belleville boilers sea trials class cruisers lead ship exceeded designed speed carried maximum long tons coal complement ranged officers enlisted men main armament consisted breech loading inch guns single gun turrets fore aft superstructure fired pound shells range yards secondary armament inch vii guns arranged casemates amidships mounted main deck usable calm weather maximum range approximately yards pound shells dozen quick firing pounder cwt guns fitted defence torpedo boats casemates upper deck superstructure carried pounder hotchkiss guns submerged inch torpedo tubes ship waterline armour belt maximum thickness inches closed inch transverse bulkheads armour gun turrets barbettes inches thick armour inches thick protective deck armour ranged thickness inches conning tower protected inches armour construction service named greek hero laid july shipyard launched spectators christened wife directors company june south dock caught fire practically destroyed flames extinguished recently launched laying alongside wharf fire set teak wood cruiser considerable damage ship hauled pier middle dock completion severely delayed towed repairs ship slipped blocks supporting drydock severely damaged sea trials collided auxiliary vessel traveller june devonport finally completed january nearly years sister ships commissioning flagship australia station returning home reduced reserve arrival sent north_america west indies station served boys training ship attached 4th cruiser squadron years assigned reserve fleet returned home outbreak war august assigned 7th tasked patrolling broad north_sea support force destroyers submarines based protected eastern end english channel german warships attempting attack supply route england france august flagship rear admiral commander formed command forces defending eastern end channel august ship reserve dutch coast saw action september sisters patrol return port morning days later remaining cruisers sunk christian subsequently relieved command result losses sister transferred 12th escort ships england gibraltar early october transferred egypt late january reinforce defences suez_canal turkish raid canal repulsed time arrived february arrival rear admiral commander hoisted flag time preliminary turkish defences dardanelles occurred sisters transferred north march turks east canal proved reasonably quiet flagship rear admiral april charge main landings gallipoli landings morning april transported companies 1st battalion lancashire platoon provided fire support landing soldiers transferred boats actual landing beach bombarded turkish positions second battle month later hauled flag resumed original commanding allied base received brief refit malta december january proceeding egypt reinforce defences january new commander chief hoisted flag aboard january april refitted bombay june bombarded barracks town rim rear admiral relieved commander chief july transferred flag august early november ship inch pounder guns bombay proceeding hong_kong paid december complete conversion finished war ended returned britain laid april sold scrap july broken germany beginning september
HMS Euryalus (1901)