HMS Hampshire (1903)
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| Launched: | 4 September 1903 |
| Commissioned: | 1905 |
| Fate: | Sunk |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 10,850 tons (11,020 t) |
| Length: | 473.5 ft (144 m) |
| Beam: | 68.5 ft (20.9 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
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| Speed: | 22 kt (41 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 655 officers and men |
| Armament: | four 7.5 in (191mm), six 6in (152 mm), two 12 pdr (5 kg), eighteen 3 pdr (1.4 kg), two 18 in (457 mm) TT |
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She served in World War I and fought at the battle of Jutland on May 31 1916. Immediately after the battle she was directed to carry Lord Kitchener from Scapa Flow on a diplomatic mission to Russia. Sailing for Archangel in a gale she struck a mine at around 19:40 on June 5 1916 off Mainland, Orkney between Brough of Birsay and Marwick Head. The ship sank very rapidly. Kitchener, his staff and most of the crew perished; only twelve men survived. The mine is believed to have been one of those laid by the submarine U-75 on May 23.
The wreck was declared a war grave. She lies in around 65 metres of water at 59°7′2″N and 3°23′46″E. In 1983 one propeller and part of a drive shaft were illegally salvaged. The prop was later given to Lyness museum, Orkney after protests.
See HMS Hampshire for other ships of this name.
External links
| Devonshire-class cruiser |
| Devonshire | Hampshire | Carnarvon |
| Antrim | Roxburgh | Argyll |
| List of cruisers of the Royal Navy |
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