RN Armoured Cruisers: Cressy Class

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John Brown & Co Ltd Shipbuilding & Engineering Works at Clydebank..... A view looking towards the River Clyde, showing Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser HMS Bacchante (right) with Passenger/Cargo Liner SS Haverford in the Fitting-out Basin in 1901.
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Thanks Brian for the glimpse of the past , and identification of the vessels .
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Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser HMS Hogue.
Built at Vickers, Sons & Maxim, at Barrow-in-Furness in 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,Cressy and Aboukir on September 22nd 1914.
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Great photos, many thanks Brian.
The Cressy class comprised six cruisers, Aboukir, Bacchante, Cressy, Euryalus, Hogue and Sutlej.
Some other photos of the class:

Aboukir
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aboukir-cruiser-1901.jpg
HMS-Aboukir.jpg

Bacchante
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hms bacchante 1909malta.jpg
HMS Bacchante Coaling Ship - Italy - c1910.jpg
hms bacchante malta april 1909.jpg
HMS-Bacchante.jpg

Cressy
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Euryalus
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Euryalus 01a.jpg
Launching of the HMS Euryalus (1901).jpg

Hogue
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hogue 12.jpg
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Sutlej
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sutlej-(1907)-stb.bow ply.jpg
sutlej.jpg
Sutlej-01[1].jpg
Sutlej-03[1].jpg

Layout
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What a plethora of funnels Jim , all that and no specification of the vessel from Brian , but thanks for that splendid collection of vessels with their brief fate outlined
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Alert Class Sloop HMS Torch pictured with Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser,(Australia Station Flagship),HMS Euryalus at Farm Cove,Sydney c1905.
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Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser HMS Bacchante pictured in 1910,she was built at John Brown & Company Shipyards,Clydebank in 1902.Her main armament consisted of two breech-loading (BL) 9.2-inch Mk X guns in single gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure.They fired 380-pound shells to a range of 15,500 yards.Her secondary armament of twelve BL 6-inch Mk VII guns was arranged in casemates amidships. Eight of these were mounted on the main deck and were only usable in calm weather.They had a maximum range of approximately 12,200 yards with their 100-pound shells.A dozen quick-firing (QF) 12-pounder 12-cwt guns were fitted for defence against torpedo boats, eight on casemates on the upper deck and four in the superstructure.She also carried three 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns and two submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes.
Upon completion she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship of the fleet's Cruiser squadron. She was reduced to reserve upon her return home in 1905 before returning to the Mediterranean in 1906. Six years later she returned home and was again placed in reserve. Recommissioned at the start of World War I, Bacchante became flagship of the 7th Cruiser Squadron. She was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the war began, but saw no combat.
She was transferred to convoy escort duties in the Bay of Biscay in late 1914 before being sent to Egypt in early 1915. Bacchante was then assigned to support Anzac troops during the Gallipoli Campaign by providing naval gunfire support. She covered the landing at Anzac Cove in April as well as several subsequent operations. Returning home in late 1916, she became the flagship of the 9th Cruiser Squadron on convoy escort duties off the African coast in mid-1917. Bacchante remained there for the rest of the war and was reduced to reserve in 1919 before being sold for scrap in 1920.
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Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser HMS Sutlej pictured c1910.
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BL 9.2inch MK X Naval Gun fitted to all Cressy Class Armoured Cruisers from 1889 onwards.. original diagram.
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Australia Station Flagship,Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser HMS Euryalus pictured at Victoria Quay Wharf,Fremantle in December 1905,with Protected Cruiser HMS Powerful steaming past...Images courtesy of the West Australia State Library.
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