HMS Hogue (1900)

Hogue at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hogue
Namesake	Battle of La Hogue
Builder	Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	14 July 1898
Launched	13 August 1900
Completed	October 1902
Commissioned	19 November 1902
Fate	Sunk by U-9, 22 September 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Cressy-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	12,000 long tons (12,000 t) (normal)
Length	472 ft (143.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)
Draught	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) (maximum)
Installed power	21,000 ihp (16,000 kW) 30 Belleville boilers
Propulsion	2 × Shafts 2 × Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	725–760
Armament	2 × single BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns 12 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns 12 × single QF 12-pdr 12 cwt guns[Note 1] 3 × QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × single submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm) Decks: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm) Turrets: 6 in (150 mm) Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm) Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm)

HMS Hogue was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the Channel Fleet and the China Station. In 1906 she became a training ship for the North America and West Indies Station before being placed in reserve in 1908. Recommissioned at the start of World War I, she played a minor role in the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the beginning of the war. Hogue was sunk by the German submarine U-9, together with two of her sister ships, on 22 September 1914.
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