class armoured cruiser built royal_navy completion assigned channel_fleet china station training ship north_america west indies station placed reserve recommissioned start world war played minor role bight weeks beginning war sunk german submarine sister ships september unlike sisters crew killed attack 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 steam provided belleville boilers engines designed maximum speed knots mph reached knots mph indicated horsepower sea trials 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 ship 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 battle laid july shipyard launched august arrived plymouth begin fitting september commenced sea trials early december completed november assigned channel_fleet march collided merchant ship later year transferred refit years later boys training ship north_america west indies station reduced reserve devonport assigned reserve fleet year november coal bunker explosion killed crewmen ship received lengthy refit chatham dockyard assigned 7th shortly outbreak world war august squadron tasked patrolling broad north_sea support force destroyers submarines based protected eastern end english channel german warships attempting attack supply route england france august ship reserve dutch coast saw action tow heavily damaged light cruiser flagship commander commodore port battle fate morning september sisters patrol escorting destroyers forced seek shelter bad weather sisters line abreast yards apart speed knots mph expecting submarine attack posted gun manned attack submarines sighted weather earlier morning route reinforce cruisers destroyers commanded ordered attack british transports forced dive shelter storm spotted british ships moved attack fired torpedo struck starboard ship captain thought struck ordered ships close transfer wounded men quickly began listing capsized approached sinking sister captain realized submarine attack signalled look ship continued close crew threw overboard float aid survivors water having stopped lowered boats struck torpedoes sudden weight loss torpedoes caused surface gunners opened fire effect submarine cruiser capsized minutes torpedoed watertight doors open sank attempted ram submarine hit resumed rescue efforts torpedoed took heavy list capsized sinking dutch ships began rescuing survivors joined british fishing ships arrived combined total ships men rescued officers enlisted men lost lost total men british government sold salvage rights ships german company subsequently sold dutch salvage company began metal
HMS Hogue (1900)