HMS Boadicea
Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down June 1907, completed June 1909.
HMS Bellona
Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down June 1908, completed February 1910.
Average cost £330,000.
Size:
Length 385 feet pp 405 feet overall, beam 41 feet, draught 14 feet, displacement 3,300 tons normal 3,800 tons deep
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Propulsion:
4 shaft Parsons turbines, 18,000 shp, 25 knots
Armour:
1in decks
Armament:
6 x 4in 50cal MK VIII (6 x 1), 4 x 3 pounder QF (4 x 1), 2 x 18in TT
Comments:
Protective deck was limited to machinery spacesCrew 317.
World War 1 Service:
Boadicea
Attached to Grand Fleet Battle Squadrons.
15 December 1914 Bridge lost in storm with several men drowned.
31 May-1 June 1916 took part in the Battle of Jutland.
December 1917 converted to lay mines.
1926 sold for scrap.
Bellona
Attached to Grand Fleet Battle Squadrons.
31 May-1 June 1916 took part in the Battle of Jutland.
June 1917 converted to lay mines.
1921 sold for scrap.
HMS Boadicea. Four additional 4 inch guns were added in 1916 as was a 3 inch anti-aircraft gun, which was upgraded to a 4 inch weapon before the end of the war. |
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