HMS Berwick (1902)
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 HMS Berwick |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Berwick |
| Builder: | Beardmore |
| Launched: | September 20, 1902 |
| Fate: | Sold July 1, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 9,800 tons |
| Length: | 463.5 ft (141.3 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 31 Niclausse boilers 22,000hp |
| Speed: | apprx 23 knots |
| Complement: | 678 |
| Armament: | 14 x 6in guns 9 x 12 pounder guns |
| Armour: | 4in (102mm) belt 5in (127mm) barbette 5in (127mm) turret |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Berwick.
HMS Berwick was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was launched on September 20, 1902. In 1908 she collided with the destroyer HMS Tiger when the destroyer crossed Berwick's bows during an exercise in the English Channel, south of the Isle of Wight. Tiger was sliced in two and sank with the loss of 28 lives.
She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, and survived to be sold for scrap on July 1, 1920. Berwick was eventually towed to Hamburg on August 28, 1920 to be broken up.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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