HMS Aboukir (1900)
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| 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: | Sunk by U-9, 22 September 1914 |
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| Class and type: | Cressy-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 12,000 long tons (12,000 t) (normal) |
| Length: | 472 ft (143.9 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) (maximum) |
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| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement: | 725–760 |
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HMS Aboukir was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and spent most of her career there. Upon returning home in 1912, she was placed in reserve. Recommissioned at the start of the First World War, she played a minor role in the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the beginning of the war. Aboukir was sunk by the German submarine U-9, together with two of her sister ships, on 22 September 1914; 527 men of her complement died.
Aboukir was designed to displace 12,000 long tons (12,000 t). The ship had an overall length of 472 feet (143.9 m), a beam of 69 feet 9 inches (21.3 m) and a deep draught of 26 feet 9 inches (8.2 m). She was powered by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, which produced a total of 21,000 indicated horsepower (16,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). The engines were powered by 30 Belleville boilers. On their sea trials all of the Cressy-class cruisers, except the lead ship, exceeded their designed speed. She carried a maximum of 1,600 long tons (1,600 t) of coal and her complement ranged from 725 to 760 officers and enlisted men.
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