HMS Intrepid in her original configuration, 1896 (IWM Q21388)
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Intrepid |
Builder | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 6 September 1889 |
Launched | 20 June 1891 |
Commissioned | November 1892 |
Honours and awards | ZEEBRUGGE 1918 |
Fate | Expended as a block ship, 1918 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Apollo-class cruiser |
Displacement | 3,600 tons |
Length | 314 ft (95.7 m) |
Beam | 43.5 ft (13.3 m) |
Draught | 17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19.75 knots (36.58 km/h) |
Complement | 273 to 300 (Officers and Men) |
Armament |
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HMS Intrepid was an Apollo-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy built on the River Clyde and launched in 1891. She was subsequently converted as a minelayer in the latter half of her career and ultimately sunk as a blockship during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918.