HMS Foresight (1904)
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| Class and type: | Forward class scout cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Foresight |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down: | October 1903 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1904 |
| Commissioned: | August 1905 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 3 March 1920 |
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| Type: | Scout cruiser |
| Displacement: | 2,850 long tons (2,896 t) |
| Length: | 365 ft (111.3 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 2 in (11.9 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 3 in (4.3 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 Foresight was one of two Forward-class scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.
The Forward-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. Foresight had a length between perpendiculars of 365 feet (111.3 m), a beam of 39 feet 2 inches (11.9 m) and a draught of 14 feet 3 inches (4.3 m). She displaced 2,850 long tons (2,896 t) at normal load and 3,100 long tons (3,150 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 Thornycroft boilers. The engines were designed to produce a total of 16,500 indicated horsepower (12,300 kW) which was intended to give a maximum speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph).
The main armament of the Forward 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 1.125 inches (19 to 29 mm) and the conning tower had armour 3 inches (76 mm) inches thick. They had a waterline belt 2 inches (51 mm) thick.
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