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HMS Adventure in dazzle camouflage during the First World War
Class overview
NameAdventure class
BuildersArmstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byTemplate:Sclass-
Built1904–1905
In commission1905–1919
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics (as built)
Typscout cruiser
Displacement2,670 long tons (2,713 t)
Length374 ft (114.0 m) (p/p)
Beam38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Draught12 ft 5 in (3.8 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 Shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range2,370 nmi (4,390 km; 2,730 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement289
Armament
Armour

The Adventure-class cruiser was a pair of scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. They served in the First World War and consisted of the ships HMS Adventure and HMS Attentive.

Background and design

In 1901–1902, the Admiralty developed scout cruisers to work with destroyer flotillas, leading their torpedo attacks and backing them up when attacked by other destroyers. In May 1902, it requested tenders for a design that was capable of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), a protective deck, a range of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) and an armament of six quick-firing (QF) 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) 18 cwt guns[Note 1], eight QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. It accepted four of the submissions and ordered one ship from each builder in the 1902–1903 Naval Programme and a repeat in the following year's programme.[1]

The two ships from Armstrong Whitworth became the Adventure class. Four more 12-pounders were added to the specification in August. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 374 feet (114.0 m), a beam of 38 feet 3 inches (11.7 m) and a draught of 12 feet 5 inches (3.8 m). They displaced 2,670 long tons (2,713 t) at normal load and 2,893 long tons (2,939 t) at deep load. Their crew consisted of 289 officers and ratings.[2] The Adventure-class ships were the only one of this group of scout cruisers to have four funnels and a clipper-style bow.[3]

The ships were powered by a pair of three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by a dozen Yarrow boilers. The engines were designed to produce a total of 16,000 indicated horsepower (12,000 kW) which was intended to give a maximum speed of 25 knots.[3] The Sentinels barely exceeded their design speed when they ran their sea trials in 1905.[4] The scout cruisers soon proved too slow for this role as newer destroyers outpaced them. The sisters carried a maximum of 454 long tons (461 t) of coal which gave them a range of 2,370 nautical miles (4,390 km; 2,730 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[5]

The main armament of the Adventure class consisted of ten QF 12-pounder 18-cwt guns.[6] Three guns were mounted abreast on the forecastle and the quarterdeck, with the remaining four guns positioned port and starboard amidships. They also carried eight QF three-pounder Hotchkiss guns and two single mounts for 18-inch torpedo tubes, one on each broadside. The ships' protective deck armour ranged in thickness from .375 to 1.125 inches (10 to 29 mm) and the conning tower had armour 3 inches (76 mm) inches thick. They had a waterline belt 2 inches (51 mm) thick.[3]

Ships

Ship Builder[7] Laid down[7] Launched[7] Completed[7] Fate[8]
HMS Adventure Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear 7 January 1904 8 September 1904 October 1905 Sold for scrap, 3 March 1920
HMS Attentive 8 January 1904 24 November 1904 Sold for scrap, 12 April 1920

Construction and service

The two ships were laid down in 1904 by Armstrong Whitworth at their Elswick, Tyne and Wear shipyard. Not long after completion, two additional 12-pounder guns were added and the 3-pounder guns were replaced with six QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns. In 1911–12,[3] they were rearmed with nine QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV guns.[9] After the war, the remaining scout cruisers, including the two Adventures, were paid off and sold for scrap in 1920.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 18 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 99–101
  2. ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 100, 294, 301
  3. ^ a b c d e Chesneau & Kolesnik, pp. 84–85
  4. ^ McBride, p. 277
  5. ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 101, 294
  6. ^ Friedman 2011, p. 112
  7. ^ a b c d Morris, p. 112
  8. ^ Brook, p. 194
  9. ^ Friedman 2011, p. 102

Bibliography

  • Brook, Peter (1999). Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867 – 1927. Gravesend, Kent, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-89-4.
  • Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • Corbett, Julian. Naval Operations to the Battle of the Falklands. History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents. Vol. I (2nd, reprint of the 1938 ed.). London and Nashville, Tennessee: Imperial War Museum and Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-256-X.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8.
  • Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
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