HMS Adventure (1904)
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Adventure in dazzle camouflage during the First World War
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| Name: | HMS Adventure |
| Builder: | Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear |
| Laid down: | 7 January 1904 |
| Launched: | 8 September 1904 |
| Commissioned: | October 1905 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 August 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 3 March 1920 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Adventure-class scout cruiser |
| Displacement: | 2,670 long tons (2,713 t) |
| Length: | 374 ft (114.0 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 3 in (11.7 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 5 in (3.8 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 Shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement: | 289 |
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HMS Adventure was the name ship of her class of scout cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.
The Adventure-class ships were one of four classes of scout cruisers ordered by the Admiralty. These ships were intended to work with destroyer flotillas, leading their torpedo attacks and backing them up when attacked by other destroyers, although they quickly became less useful as destroyer speeds increased before the First World War. Adventure 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). She displaced 2,670 long tons (2,713 t) at normal load and 2,893 long tons (2,939 t) at deep load. Her crew consisted of 289 officers and other ranks.
The ship was 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 (46 km/h; 29 mph).
The main armament of the Adventure class consisted of ten quick-firing (QF) 12-pounder 18-cwt guns. 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 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns and two submerged 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. The ships' protective deck armour ranged in thickness from .75 to 2 inches (19 to 51 mm) and the conning tower had armour 3 inches (76 mm) inches thick.
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