CHALLENGER protected cruisers

Challenger 1904

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Challenger		Chatham DYd	1/12/1900	27/5/1902	3/5/1904	sold for BU 5/1920
Encounter (7/1912 - RAN)		Devonport DYd	28/1/1901	18/6/1902	21/11/1905	depot ship for submarines Penguin 5/1923

Displacement normal, t
5880

Displacement full, t

Length, m

106.7 pp 113.4 oa

Breadth, m

16.5

Draught, m

6.25

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Challenger: 4-cyl. VTE, 18 Babcock boilers
Encounter: 4-cyl. VTE, 18 Durr boilers

Power, h. p.

12500

Max speed, kn

21

Fuel, t

coal 1100

Armour, mm
deck: 76 - 38, gun shields: 76, CT: 152, engine hatches: 127

Armament

11 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk VII, 9 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (beam)

Complement

450

Ship project history: Cruisers of 1900/01 program resembled their predecessors but had more powerful machinery and wind sails in place of cowls.

Protection: 38mm deck with 76mm slopes protected machinery spaces.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: Challenger was paid off in April 1919. Encounter served as receiving ship at Sydney from December 1919.

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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CRUISERS

CHALLENGER protected cruisers

Displacement normal, t	5880
Displacement full, t
Length, m	106.7 pp 113.4 oa
Breadth, m	16.5
Draught, m	6.25
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Challenger: 4-cyl. VTE, 18 Babcock boilers Encounter: 4-cyl. VTE, 18 Durr boilers
Power, h. p.	12500
Max speed, kn	21
Fuel, t	coal 1100
Armour, mm	deck: 76 - 38, gun shields: 76, CT: 152, engine hatches: 127
Armament	11 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk VII, 9 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement	450