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United Kingdom | |
Name | Prince Eugene |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Govan |
Yard number | 477 |
Laid down | 1 February 1915 |
Launched | 14 July 1915 |
Completed | 2 September 1915 |
Commissioned | 21 August 1915 |
Decommissioned | 1919 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Lord Clive-class monitor |
Displacement | 5,850 long tons (5,940 t) (deep load) |
Length | 335 ft 6 in (102.3 m) |
Beam | 87 ft 2 in (26.6 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) (deep load) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | About 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) |
Complement | 12 officers, 182 ratings |
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HMS Prince Eugene was one of eight Lord Clive-class monitors built for the Royal Navy in 1915 to conduct shore bombardments during the First World War. The ship was assigned to the Dover Patrol for the duration of the war and provided cover for the Inshore Squadron during the First Ostend Raid. She was sold for scrap in 1921.