HMS Hogue (1900)

Hogue at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Hogue
Namesake:	Battle of La Hogue
Builder:	Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down:	14 July 1898
Launched:	13 August 1900
Completed:	19 November 1902
Fate:	Sunk by U-9, 22 September 1914
General characteristics
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)
Installed power:	21,000 ihp (16,000 kW) 30 Belleville boilers
Propulsion:	2 × Shafts 2 × Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement:	725–760
Armament:	2 × single BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns 12 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns 12 × single QF 12-pdr 12 cwt guns 3 × QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × single submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm) Decks: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm) Turrets: 6 in (150 mm) Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm) Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm)

HMS Hogue was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the Channel Fleet and the China Station. In 1906 she became a training ship for the North America and West Indies Station before being placed in reserve in 1908. 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. Hogue was sunk by the German submarine U-9, together with two of her sister ships, on 22 September 1914. Unlike her sisters, only 48 of her crew were killed in the attack.

Hogue 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 6 inches (21.2 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) using steam provided by 30 Belleville boilers. The engines were designed to give a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph), although Hogue reached 22.06 knots (40.86 km/h; 25.39 mph) with 21,432 indicated horsepower (15,982 kW) on her sea trials. 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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