| HMS Aboukir | ||
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| Country | ||
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United Kingdom | |
| History | ||
| Name: | HMS Aboukir | |
| Namesake: | Battle of Aboukir Bay | |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding, Govan, Scotland | |
| Laid down: | 9 November 1898 | |
| Launched: | 16 May 1900 | |
| Completed: | 3 April 1902 | |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk by U-9, 22 September 1914 with heavy loss of life | |
| General characteristics | ||
| Class: | Cressy class | |
| Type: | Armoured cruiser | |
| Displacement: | 12,000 long tons (12,000 t) (normal) | |
| Length: | 472 ft (143.9 m) | |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) | |
| Draught: | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) (maximum) | |
| Power: | 21,000 ihp (16,000 kW) 30 Belleville boilers | |
| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts 2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines | |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) | |
| Complement: | 725-760 | |
| Armament: | 2 × single BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns 12 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns 12 × single QF 12-pounder 12-cwt guns[1] 3 × 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × single submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes | |
| Armour: | Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm) Decks: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) Barbettes: 6 in Turrets: 6 in Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm) Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm) | |
Chronological events
The following events form part of "The Great War: On this day" project. It has been primarily sourced from volumes 1, 2 and 3 of Chronology of the War (1918-1920), edited by Lord Edward Gleichen. The source material identifies concise, historical events in simple, chronological order.
1914
References/notes
- ↑ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.