Arrogant-class cruiser

HMS Furious
Class overview
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byEclipse class
Succeeded byPelorus class
Built1895–1900
In service1898–1923
Completed4
Lost2
Scrapped2
General characteristics [1]
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement5,750 long tons (5,842 t)
Length
  • 320 ft (97.5 m) (p/p)
  • 342 ft (104.2 m) (o/a)
Beam57 ft 6 in (17.5 m)
Draught20 ft (6.1 m)
Installed power10,000 shp (7,460 kW)
Propulsion
Speed19 knots (35.2 km/h; 21.9 mph)
Complement480
Armament
Armour

The Arrogant-class cruiser was a class of four protected cruisers built for the British Royal Navy at the end of the 1890s. One ship, HMS Gladiator, was lost following a collision with a merchant ship in 1908, while HMS Vindictive saw active service in the First World War, taking part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918 before being sunk as a blockship during the Second Ostend Raid in May 1918.

  1. ^ Gardiner 1979, p. 78.