HMS Bellona (1909)

Bellona at anchor
History
United Kingdom
NameBellona
NamesakeBellona
BuilderPembroke Royal Dockyard
Laid down5 June 1908
Launched20 March 1909
CompletedFebruary 1910
Decommissioned1919
FateSold for scrap, 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and typeBoadicea-class scout cruiser
Displacement3,350 long tons (3,400 t) (normal)
Length405 ft (123.4 m) (o/a)
Beam41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement317
Armament
Armour

HMS Bellona was one of two Boadicea-class scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the flotilla leader for the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla from her completion in 1910 until 1913 when she was transferred to the 1st Battle Squadron. Bellona spent the bulk of World War I with that squadron. She was present at, but did not fight in, the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. The ship was converted into a minelayer in mid-1917 and made four sorties to lay her mines before the end of the war. Bellona was reduced to reserve in 1919 and sold to be broken up for scrap in 1921.