HMS Black Prince (1904)

Black Prince
History
United Kingdom
Name	Black Prince
Namesake	Edward, the Black Prince
Builder	Thames Ironworks
Laid down	3 June 1903
Launched	8 November 1904
Commissioned	17 March 1906
Fate	Sunk, 1 June 1916 at the Battle of Jutland
General characteristics
Class and type	Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	12,590 long tons (12,790 t) (normal) 13,965 long tons (14,189 t) (deep load)
Length	505 ft 6 in (154.1 m)
Beam	73 ft 6 in (22.4 m)
Draught	27 ft (8.2 m) (maximum)
Installed power	23,000 ihp (17,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines 20 Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilers and 6 cylindrical boilers
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	8,130 nmi (15,060 km; 9,360 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	789
Armament	6 × 1 - BL 9.2-inch (234 mm) Mk X guns 10 × 1 - BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XI guns 20 × 1 - Vickers QF 3-pounder guns 3 × 1 - submerged 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 3–6 in (76–152 mm) Decks: 0.75–1.5 in (19–38 mm) Barbettes: 3–6 in (76–152 mm) Turrets: 4.5–7.5 in (110–190 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (250 mm) Bulkheads: 2–6 in (51–152 mm)

HMS Black Prince was a Duke of Edinburgh-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau. After the German ships reached Ottoman waters, the ship was sent to the Red Sea in mid-August to protect troop convoys arriving from India and to search for German merchant ships. After capturing two ships, Black Prince was transferred to the Grand Fleet in December 1914. She was sunk on 1 June 1916 during the Battle of Jutland with the loss of all hands.