Hermes 1899
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Hermes | Fairfield, Govan | 30/4/1897 | 7/4/1898 | 5/10/1899 | sunk 31/10/1914 | |
| Highflyer | Fairfield, Govan | 7/6/1897 | 4/6/1898 | 7/12/1899 | sold for BU 6/1921 | |
| Hyacinth | London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow | 27/1/1897 | 27/10/1898 | 3/9/1900 | sold for BU 11/1923 |
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Displacement normal, t |
5650 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
106.7 pp 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
16.5 |
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Draught, m |
6.25 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4-cyl. VTE, 18 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
10000 |
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Max speed, kn |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1100 |
| Armour, mm |
deck: 76 - 38, gun shields: 76, CT: 152, engine hatches: 127 |
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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) |
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Complement |
450 |
Ship project history: Repeats of Eclipse but with uniform 6`` main artillery and water-tube boilers. They were provided under 1896/97 program.
Protection: 38mm main deck with 76mm slopes protected machinery.
Modernizations: 1903, Hermes: Belleville boilers were changed to Babcock.
5/1913, Hermes: was converted to seaplane carrier and can carry 3 (really 2) seaplanes. There were fore flying-off and aft landing platforms.
Naval service: Hermes was converted to seaplanes depot ship in April-May 1913 and paid off after tests in December. She was recommissioned again in August 1914 and torpedoed by German submarine U27 31/10/1914 in the Straits of Dover. Highflyer sank German AMC Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Rio d`Oro 27/8/1914, paid off early 1921. Hyacinth paid off in August 1919.
Hermes 1899
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