HMS Cressy (1899)
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| Name: | HMS Cressy |
| Namesake: | Battle of Cressy |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding, Govan, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1898 |
| Launched: | 4 December 1899 |
| Completed: | 28 May 1901 |
| Fate: | Sunk by SM 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 Cressy was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the China Station. In 1907 she was transferred to the North America and West Indies Station before being placed in reserve in 1909. Recommissioned at the start of World War I, she played a minor role in the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the beginning of the war. Cressy, together with two of her sister ships, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914 with the loss of 560 of her crew.
Cressy was designed to displace 12,000 long tons (12,190 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 (15,660 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). The engines were powered by 30 Belleville boilers. On her sea trials, Cressy only reached 20.7 knots (38.3 km/h; 23.8 mph), the slowest performance of any of her class. 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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