HMS Bellona (1909)
British Boadicea-class scout cruiser / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bellona.
HMS Bellona was one of two Boadicea-class scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the flotilla leader for the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla from her completion in 1910 until 1913 when she was transferred to the 1st Battle Squadron. Bellona spent the bulk of World War I with that squadron. She was present at, but did not fight in, the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. The ship was converted into a minelayer in mid-1917 and made four sorties to lay her mines before the end of the war. Bellona was reduced to reserve in 1919 and sold to be broken up for scrap in 1921.
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Name | Bellona |
Namesake | Bellona |
Builder | Pembroke Royal Dockyard |
Laid down | 5 June 1908 |
Launched | 20 March 1909 |
Completed | February 1910 |
Decommissioned | 1919 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921 |
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Class and type | Boadicea-class scout cruiser |
Displacement | 3,350 long tons (3,400 t) (normal) |
Length | 405 ft (123.4 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Complement | 317 |
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