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Sunday, 30 December 2018

Funnels of the British armoured cruisers of the Defence- and Warrior-classes be raised according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1910 No. 6

Warrior-class

Minotaur-class

An item reported that the funnels of the British armoured cruisers of the Defence- and Warrior-classes were to be raised with around 3 metre while the smoke prevented a good sight for the watchmen on the bridge. On board of the HMS Warrior lying under repair at Devonport was with the reconstruction started.(1)

Note
1.Warrior-class consisting of the Warrior, Achilles. Cochrane and Natal and the Minotaur-class armoured cruisers consisting of the Defence, Minotaur and Shannon. The funnels were in fact 4,6 metres raised.