HMS Minotaur (1906)

Minotaur underway with her original short funnels
History
United Kingdom
NameMinotaur
NamesakeMinotaur
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid down2 January 1905
Launched6 June 1906
Commissioned1 April 1908
Decommissioned5 February 1919
FateSold for scrap, April 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeMinotaur-class armoured cruiser
Displacement14,600 long tons (14,800 t)
Length
  • 490 ft (149.4 m) between perpendiculars
  • 519 ft (158.2 m) overall
Beam74.5 ft (22.7 m)
Draught26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range8,150 nmi (15,090 km; 9,380 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement825 (1909)
Armament
Armour

HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the Minotaur-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy. Launched in 1906, she served as the flagship of the China Station before the First World War. Shortly after the war began, the ship searched unsuccessfully for the German East Asia Squadron and was transferred to the Grand Fleet at the end of 1914. During the rest of the war Minotaur served as the flagship of the 7th and 2nd Cruiser Squadrons and spent most of her time assigned to the Northern Patrol. In mid-1916 she participated in the Battle of Jutland but did not fire her weapons during the battle. The ship was paid off in 1919 and sold for scrap the following year.
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