Cressy Class Cruisers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
472' 11"
Engines:
2 four cylinder triple expansion
Beam:
69' 5"
Boilers:
30 Belleville (coal fired)
Draft:
25' 9"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
12,000
HP:
21,000
Speed:
21 knots
Crew:
760
Range:
N/A


Armament as built
Guns
Number
Type
Arrangement
2
9.2"/40 (234mm)
2 single turrets
12
6"/45 (152mm)
Single mounts in casemates
12
3"/50 (76.2mm) 12 pounders
Single mounts
3
1.85"/40 (47mm) 3 pounders
Single mounts
Torpedo tubes
2
18" (457mm)
Submerged broadside


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Aug. 13, 1900
Nov. 19, 1902
Fate
Sunk Sept. 22, 1914 by SMS U-9 (torpedo).

Location: North Sea, 27 miles northwest of the Hook of Holland.
(52.15N - 03.51E)

At least 375 crewmen killed, about 650 survivors picked up by Dutch ships.
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
John Brown & Company
Clydebank, Scotland

Nov. 18, 1899
May 6, 1902
Fate
Sold May 9, 1921 to Thomas W. Ward, laid up in Belfast until towed to Preston
for scrapping in Aug. 1924.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Fairfield Shipbuilding &
Engineering Co. Ltd.
Govan, Scotland

Dec. 4, 1899
May 28, 1901
Fate
Sunk Sept. 22, 1914 by SMS U-9 (torpedo).

Location: North Sea, 27 miles northwest of the Hook of Holland.
(52.15N - 03.51E)

At least 561 crewmen killed, about 87 survivors picked up by Dutch ships.
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Fairfield Shipbuilding &
Engineering Co. Ltd.
Govan, Scotland

May 16, 1900
Apr. 3, 1902
Fate
Sunk Sept. 22, 1914 by SMS U-9 (torpedo).

Location: North Sea, 27 miles northwest of the Hook of Holland.
(52.15N - 03.51E)

At least 542 crewmen killed, about 100 survivors picked up by Dutch ships.
(Roll of Honour)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
John Brown & Company
Clydebank, Scotland

Feb. 21, 1901
Nov. 25, 1902
Fate
Sold July 1, 1920 to S. Castle of Plymouth and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England

May 20, 1901
Jan. 5, 1904
Fate
Sold July 1, 1920 to S. Castle of Plymouth, scrapped in Germany.


Page published Nov. 16, 2008