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general
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nationality:
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british
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purpose:
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war
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type:
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cruiser
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subtype/class:
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Devonshire class cruiser
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Devonshire class cruiser ref.:
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Argyll HMS [+1915]
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propulsion:
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steamer
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date built:
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1905
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status:
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live
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details
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weight (tons):
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10850
disp (surf)
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dimensions:
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137,2 x 20,9 x 7,3 m
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material:
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steel, armoured
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engine:
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2 x 4 cyl. triple expansion engines, 23 Yarrow boilers, twin screw.
An animation of a simplified triple-expansion engine.
High-pressure steam (red) enters from the boiler and passes through the engine, exhausting as low-pressure steam (blue) to the condenser.
The Yarrow boiler, an example of a 3-drum water tube boiler..
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armament:
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4 x 7.5"/190.5 mm guns, 6 x 6"/152.4 mm guns, 18 x 3 pdr. guns, 2 x 18"/450 mm T.T.
A schematical presentation of a torpedo tube (T.T.)..
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power:
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21000
h.p.
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speed:
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22.2
knots
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about the loss
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cause lost:
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mine
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date lost:
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05/06/1916 [dd/mm/yyyy]
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casualties:
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about people
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builder:
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owner:
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captain:
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complement:
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655
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about the wreck
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depth:
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70 max. / 55 min. (m)
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orientation:
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152°
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protected:
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yes
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war grave:
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yes
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updates
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entered by:
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Allen Tony
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entered:
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07/10/2005
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last update:
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Lettens Jan
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last update:
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11/12/2009
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Pictures
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| | | |  Lettens Jan05/06/2010HMS Hampshire somewhere between 1905-1916 | |  | |  | |  Lettens Jan22/10/2009Cape Wrath - Pentland Firth and Orkney IslandsThis is a thumbnail version of the chart Cape Wrath - Pentland Firth and Orkney Islands. You do not have sufficient rights to see this chart in full resolution [11572x7552 pixels]. Click this link to subscribe to this service. | | | | | |  Racey Carl29/01/2010Armstrong & Whitworththe marine engine erecting shop at the Scotswood Works | |  Racey Carl29/01/2010Armstrong & Whitworththe large marine boiler making workshop c.1930 | |  Chipchase Nick23/08/2010Company built ships listed 1912The company was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft. | |  Racey Carl08/01/2010Lloyd's Shipping RegisterThis picture is being displayed, because Lloyd´s of London, Lloyd's Register of Shipping is a reference to the wreck's data.
The name ´Lloyd´ derives from Edward Lloyd, the ´coffee man´, as he called himself, who operated a coffee house in London, originally in Tower Street, then, from just after Christmas 1691, in Lombard Street. | | | |
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History
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Lettens Jan01/12/2007Fritz Joubert Duquesne, a Boer and German spy, claimed to have sabotaged and sunk HMS Hampshire, killing Kitchener and most of the crew. According to German records, Duquesne assumed the identity of Russian Duke Boris Zakrevsky and joined Kitchener in Scotland. On route to Russia, Duquesne signaled a German U-boat to alert them that Kitchener’s ship was approaching. He then escaped on a raft just before HMS Hampshire was destroyed. Duquesne was awarded the Iron Cross for this act. In the 1930s and 40s, he ran the famous Duquesne Spy Ring and was captured by the FBI along with 32 other Nazi agents in the largest espionage conviction in U.S. history.
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Allen Tony26/06/2007The HMS Hampshire was a armoured battle cruiser of the Devonshire class built for the Royal Navy. She was constructed at the Chatham Dockyard in Kent and commissioned in 1905 at a cost of around £900.000. Weight/displacement: 10.850 ton. Length: 473,5 ft (144 m). Width: 68.5 ft (20,9 m). Draft: 24 ft (7,3 m). Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h); Armament: four 7,5 in (191 mm) guns; six 6 in (152 mm) guns; t wo 12-pounders (5 kg); eighteen 3-pounders (1,4 kg); two 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes. Hampshire, carrying Lord Kitchener on a diplomatic voyage to Russia, struck a mine and sank with the loss of 643 officers and men including Lord Kitchener. Only 12 survivors. Mine believed to have been laid by U-75.
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