HMS Boadicea (1908)

Boadicea at anchor
History
United Kingdom
NameBoadicea
NamesakeBoadicea
BuilderPembroke Royal Dockyard
Laid down1 June 1907
Launched14 May 1908
CompletedJune 1909
Out of service18 February 1920
FateSold for scrap, 13 July 1926
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 Boadicea was the lead ship of her class of scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She led the 1st Destroyer Flotilla from completion until the ship was transferred to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in mid-1912. A year later Boadicea was reassigned to the 2nd Battle Squadron and she spent the bulk of World War I with that squadron. The ship was present at, but did not fight in, the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. Boadicea was converted into a minelayer at the end of 1917 and made three sorties to lay her mines before the end of the war. She was placed in reserve after the war and taken out of service in 1920. The ship was used for harbour service at Dartmouth until she was sold for scrap in 1926.