HMY Conqueror II

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Conqueror.

History
Name
  • 1888: Lady Aline (intended)
  • 1889: Conqueror
  • 1915: Conqueror II
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderRussell & Co, Port Glasgow
Yard number194
Launched20 February 1889
Identification
Fatesunk by torpedo, 1916
General characteristics
Typesteam yacht
Tonnage386 GRT, 175 NRT
Length
  • 188.05 ft (57.32 m) overall
  • 177.0 ft (53.9 m) p/p
Beam24.6 ft (7.5 m)
Depth13.5 ft (4.1 m)
Decks2
Installed power92 NHP
Propulsion
Complement1916: 34
Crew1893: 34
Armament1915: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMY Conqueror II was an iron-hulled steam yacht that was launched in Scotland in 1889 as Conqueror. She belonged to Frederick William Vanderbilt from 1891, and then to William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester from 1911. In the First World War the Admiralty requisitioned her as an armed yacht. In 1915 she was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMY Conqueror II. The "II" was added to avoid confusion with the dreadnought battleship HMS Conqueror. A German U-boat sank the yacht in 1916, killing 17 of her crew.