Funnels of several British warships lengthened to improve draft according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1909-1910 no. 3

HMS Minotaur. 

Fleets of the world 1915. Compiled from official sources and classified according to types. 

Eveleigh Nash, London, England, 1915. 

HMS Warrior

Fleets of the world 1915. Compiled from official sources and classified according to types. 

Eveleigh Nash, London, England, 1915. 

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reporting that the funnels of the British warships HMS Shannon (1), Minotaur (2), Defence (3), Warrior (4), Cochrane (5), Natal (6) and Achilles (7) were lengthened while the non forced draft was not sufficient. The first 3 ships were lengthened with 15’on 15 metres and the remaining 4 with 6’ on 10 metres.

Notes
1. Minotaur-class armoured cruiser, laid down at the Chatham Dockyard on 2 January 1905 and finally sold to be broken up on 12 December 1922.
2. Minotaur-class armoured cruiser, laid down at the Devonport Dockyard on 2 January 1905 and sold to be broken up in April 1920.
3. Minotaur-class armoured cruiser, laid down at the Pembroke Dockyard on 22 February 1905 and sunk during the battle of Jutland against the German fleet on 31 May 1916.
4. Warrior-class armoured cruiser, laid down at the Pembroke Dockyard on 5 November 1903 and abandoned after being heavily damaged during the battle of Jutland against the German fleet on 1 June 1916 and finally foundered.
5. Warrior-class armoured cruiser, laid down at the Fairfield Shipping and Engineering, Govan, Scotland on 24 March 1904 and broken up en situ in 1919 after she stranded in the Mersey estuary on 14 November 1918.
6. Warrior-class armoured cruiser, laid down at Vickers, Sons&Maxim, Barrow0in-Furness, England in January 1904 and finally blown up at Cromarty Firth, Scotland on 30 December 1915.
7. Warrior-class armoured cruiser, laid down at shipyard of Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, England on 22 February 1904 and sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.