The British 1st class armoured cruiser HMS Hogue (1900-1914

Part of the Cressy-class. Laid down July 1898 and launched 13 August 1910 at Vickers Yard Limited., Barrow and completed November 1902 . Sunk by the German submarine U-29 22 September 1914 together with her sister ships Cressy and Aboukir in the North Sea as part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron.

With a displacement of 12,000 tons and dimensions 472’x 69’6” 27’. Her 2x triple expansion steam engines delivered 21.000 hp allowing a speed of 21 knots. Her main armament consisted of 2-9’2”guns and 12-6’ guns added by 13-12pdrs, 3-3pdrs and 2 submerged 18” torpedo tubes.

Note
1. This was the HMS Hogue the three Dutch torpedo boats meet during their voyage towards the Dutch East Indies. See on the weblog the note http://warshipsresearch.blogspot.nl/2011/09/three-torpedo-boats-minotarurus-sphinx.html