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Revision as of 21:27, 8 November 2012
The nine protected cruisers of the Edgar Class were completed between 1893 and 1896. They were occasionally referred to as the Crescent Class.
| Overview of 9 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Crescent | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | 13 Oct, 1890 | 30 Mar, 1892 | 22 Feb, 1894 | Sold 22 Sep, 1921 |
| Edgar | Devonport Royal Dockyard | 3 Jun, 1889 | 24 Nov, 1890 | 2 Mar, 1893 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
| Endymion | Earle, Hull | 21 Nov, 1889 | 22 Jul, 1891 | 26 May, 1894 | Sold 16 Mar, 1920 |
| Gibraltar | Napier, Glasgow | 2 Dec, 1889 | 27 Apr, 1892 | 1 Nov, 1894 | Sold Sep, 1923 |
| Grafton | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall | 1 Jan, 1890 | 30 Jan, 1892 | 18 Oct, 1894 | Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |
| Hawke | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 17 Jun, 1889 | 11 Mar, 1891 | 16 May, 1893 | Torpedoed 15 Oct, 1914 |
| Royal Arthur | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | 20 Jan, 1890 | 26 Feb, 1891 | 2 Mar, 1893 | Sold 22 Sep, 1921 |
| St. George | Earle, Hull | 23 Apr, 1890 | 23 Jun, 1892 | 25 Oct, 1894 | Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |
| Theseus | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall | 16 Jul, 1890 | 8 Sep, 1892 | 14 Jan, 1896 | Sold 1921 |
Armament
Torpedoes
- Two 14-in Mark V D2 overhead tubes, unprotected, trainable from 10 degrees abaft to 70 degrees ahead of the beam.[1]
Wikipedia claims these ships had 4 tubes.
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
Radio
By the end of 1901 or soon after,[3]
- Edgar and Hawke in reserve were fitted to receive a W/T set
- Gibraltar at the Cape was fitted to receive a W/T set
- Theseus had a Jackson set in the Mediterranean
- Endymion had a Jackson set with the China Squadron
- St. George had a Marconi in the Cruiser Squadron
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
- Brooks, John (2005). Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0714657026. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
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