Name: | LANCASTER |
Type: | Cruiser |
Keel: | 04/03/1901 |
Launched: | 22/03/1902 |
Completed: | 03/03/1904 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 714 |
Dimensions: | 9901disp, 440.0 x 66.5 x 24.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl, 22000hp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 23.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 2 x 6.0ins, 10 x 1 x 6.0ins, 10 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns, |
3 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes (submerged) | |
History: | |
03/03/1904 | British Royal Navy |
03/03/1920 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the Monmouth Class of armoured cruisers |
03/03/1920: Sold to TW Ward Ltd for breaking up | |
Broken up at Birkenhead and completed at Preston |
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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 24/03/1902