HMS Kent is a British armored cruiser of the same type . Laid down on February 6, 1900 at the Portsmouth shipyard. Launched on March 6, 1901. It was commissioned on October 1, 1903. He participated in the First World War.
| "Kent" | |
|---|---|
| HMS Kent | |
 Armored cruiser "Kent" in 1903 | |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Class and type of vessel | Armored Cruiser Kent |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 9800 dl. t |
| Length | 141.27 m |
| Width | 20.12 m |
| Draft | 7.62 m |
| Reservation | belt - 51 ... 102 mm traverses - 127 mm deck - 20 ... 51 mm towers - 127 mm barbettes 127 mm casemates - 51 ... 102 mm cutting - 254 mm |
| Engines | 2 triple expansion steam engines , 31 steam boilers |
| Power | 22 000 h.p. design 22 219 l. with. (16.3 MW ) in trials |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Speed | 23 knots (42.6 km / h ) design 22.7 knots per mile |
| Sailing range | 6,600 nautical miles at 10 knots |
| Crew | 678 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 2 and 10 × 1 - 152 mm / 45 Mk VII, 10 × 1 - 76 mm 3 × 1 - 47 mm |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 × 1 - 457 mm torpedo tubes [1] |
Design
Corps
Powerplant
Two triple expansion steam engines, 31 Belleville boilers. Coal stock 1600 tons.
Booking
Krupp armor . The main armor belt 73 m long had a thickness of 102 mm; at the rear, it was closed with a 127 mm thick armor beam. In the bow there was an armor belt 51 mm thick. The armored deck had a thickness of 19 ... 25 mm, and from the feed beam to the stern, it represented Karapas and its thickness was 51 mm. The thickness of the armor of the towers was 127 mm, the thickness of the armor of the casemates was from 102 to 51 mm, the conning tower was 254 mm.
Armament
The 152 mm Mk VII gun was located in two-gun towers and casemates. Weight onboard volley: 408 kg.
Service
"Kent", named after the English county of the same name, was laid down at the Portsmouth Royal Shipyard on February 12, 1900, launched on March 6, 1901 in Portsmouth. It went into operation on October 1, 1903 and was originally sent to the reserve. On March 15, 1905, he ran aground in the Firth of Fort. The ship was sent to the Chinese station from 1906 to 1913 and returned to Portsmouth shipyard for repair in September 1913.
During World War I participated in the Falkland Fight . Where sank the armored cruiser " Nuremberg ".
In the process of chasing the Nuremberg, Kent squeezed everything he could from his cars. Having reached the capacity of 5000 liters according to the readings of devices. with. - more than in tests, - he had to go at a speed of 24-25 knots [2] . To keep the steam pressure, additional people were involved in the work in the boiler rooms, and even torn wood had to be burned in the furnaces. At 17:00, "Kent" opened fire on the "Nuremberg", but its volleys fell short-range [3] .
By 19:00 the flag was lowered, and Kent ceased fire, lowering the two surviving boats. At 19:30 the Nuremberg lay down on the starboard side, rolled over and sank. The search for the drowning men continued until 21:00, but not everyone was saved [4] . During the battle at Kent, the radio room was damaged, so he could not report the results of the battle on the radio. Sterdy only found out the fate of Kent the next day, when he dropped anchor at Port Stanley at 3:30 p.m. [2] .
From Nuremberg, 12 people were picked up, but only 7 of them survived. "Kent" used up 646 shells. It hit 38 shells, killing four and injuring 12 people, “Kent” received the most severe damage among British ships [5] .
Kent was sold for metal in 1920.
Notes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905 p. 70
- ↑ 1 2 Patients . The battle of the giants. - S. 163.
- ↑ Corbett. Volume I, 2003 , p. 469.
- ↑ Corbett. Volume I, 2003 , p. 471.
- ↑ Patients . The battle of the giants. - S. 165.
Literature
- Nenakhov Yu. Yu. Encyclopedia of the Cruisers 1860-1910. - Minsk: Harvest, 2006. - ISBN 5-17-030194-4 .
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980 .-- ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .
- Patients A. G. Naval battles of the First World War: The battle of the giants. - M .: AST , 2003 .-- 512 p. - (Military Historical Library). - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-010656-4 .
- Corbett J. Operations of the English fleet in the First World War = Corbett JS Naval Operations. - New York, Longmans, Green and Co., 1920 .-- 2 vols. - Mn. : Harvest, 2003 .-- 480 p. - (Military Historical Library). - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 985-13-1058-1 .