HMS Hogue (1900)

Hogue at anchor
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hogue
NamesakeBattle of La Hogue
BuilderVickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down14 July 1898
Launched13 August 1900
CompletedOctober 1902
Commissioned19 November 1902
FateSunk by 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 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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