British armoured cruiser HMS Cochrane 1904-1919

Warrior-class

Minotaur-class

Laid down at Fairfield Shipping and Engineering, Govan, Scotland on 24 March 1904, launched on 20 May 1905, commissioned on 11 February 1907, completed on 18 February 1907, based at Murmansk, Russia between March-September 1918, stranded in the Mersey Estuary on 4 November 1918 and afterwards broken into two halves, which were broken up en situ by June 1919. Building costs 1.193.121 pond sterling. Machinery manufactured by shipyard. Built under the 1903-1904 Naval Programme. Of the Warrior-class consisting of the Warrior, Achilles. Cochrane and Natal., preceded by the Duke of Edinburg-class and succeeded by the Minotaur-class.

General technical class specifications. With a displacement of 12.790 tons (Cochrane 13.770 (normal)-14.700 (deep load)) and as dimensions 146,3 (between perpendiculars)-154,1 (over all) x 22,4 x 8,4 metres or 480-505.5 x 73.5 x 27,5 feet. The two vertical 4 cylinder triple expansion steam engines and 19 Yarrow and 6 cylindrical boilers supplied via 2 shaft 23.000 ihp allowing a speed of 23 knots or with a speed of 10 knots a range of 8.130 nautical miles. The crew numbered 770-789 men. The armour consisted of  a waterline belt with a thickness of 7,6-15,2cm/3-6”, a 1,9-3,8cm/0.75-1.15” thick deck, 5,1-15,2cm/2-6” thick bulkheads and the gun turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 11,4-19,1cm/4.5-7.5”, 7,6-15,2cm./3-6” and 25,4cm/10”.  The armament consisted of 6x1-23,4cm/9” breech loading Mk X guns, 4x1-19,1cm/8.5” breech loading Mk II guns, 24x1-4,7cm/3pd quick firing Vickers guns and 3-45cm/18” torpedo tubes.