| Name: | ACHILLES |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 22/02/1904 |
| Launched: | 17/06/1905 |
| Completed: | 22/04/1907 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 750 |
| Dimensions: | 13550disp - 14500disp, 480.0 x 73.5 x 27.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (43, 69 & 77 x 42ins), 23500ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 23.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 1 x 9.2ins, 4 x 1 x 7.5ins, 26 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 3 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 22/04/1907 | British Royal Navy |
| 09/05/1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Warrior Class of armoured cruisers |
| 1917: Sank the German raider LEOPARD | |
| 1918: Classified as a training ship | |
| 09/05/1920: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward at Briton Ferry, South Wales |
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