HMS Cressy (1899)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cressy
NamesakeBattle of Crécy
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding, Govan
Laid down12 October 1898
Launched4 December 1899
Completed28 May 1901
FateSunk by SM U-9, 22 September 1914
General characteristics
Class and typeCressy-class armoured cruiser
Displacement12,000 long tons (12,000 t) (normal)
Length472 ft (143.9 m) (o/a)
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)
Draught26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) (maximum)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement725–760
Armament
Armour

HMS Cressy was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the China Station. In 1907 she was transferred to the North America and West Indies Station before being placed in reserve in 1909. 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. Cressy and two of her sister ships were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914 with the loss of 560 of her crew.