HMS Boadicea (1908)

Boadicea at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name	Boadicea
Namesake	Boadicea
Builder	Pembroke Royal Dockyard
Laid down	1 June 1907
Launched	14 May 1908
Completed	June 1909
Out of service	18 February 1920
Fate	Sold for scrap, 13 July 1926
General characteristics
Class and type	Boadicea-class scout cruiser
Displacement	3,350 long tons (3,400 t) (normal)
Length	405 ft (123.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	12 × Yarrow boilers 18,000 shp (13,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × shafts 4 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	317
Armament	6 × single BL 4 in (102 mm) guns 4 × single QF 3-pdr 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × single 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 0.5–1 in (13–25 mm) Conning tower: 4 in (102 mm)

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.