HMS Raleigh (1919)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Raleigh.
HMS Raleigh was one of five Hawkins-class heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until 1921. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a flagship. After visiting ports in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and both coasts of the United States and Canada in 1921–1922, Raleigh ran aground off Labrador in August 1922 with the loss of a dozen crewmen. The ship was partially salvaged in place and was demolished with explosives in 1926, although she remains a diveable wreck in very shallow water.
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Raleigh visiting Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1921 | |
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Name | Raleigh |
Namesake | Sir Walter Raleigh |
Builder | William Beardmore, Dalmuir |
Laid down | 9 December 1915 |
Launched | 28 August 1919 |
Completed | July 1921 |
Identification | Pennant number: 96[1] |
Fate | Wrecked, 8 August 1922 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Hawkins-class heavy cruiser |
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Length | 605 ft (184.4 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 65 ft (19.8 m) |
Draught | 19 ft 3 in (5.9 m) (deep load) |
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Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
Range | 5,640 nmi (10,450 km; 6,490 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 690 |
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