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and escorted the main body of the Grand Fleet during the action of 19 August. By the end of the year, the ship was assigned to the Dover Patrol and was present during two battles with German destroyers, but was not engaged in either.
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737:(DF), respectively) were part of the Harwich Force. The morning after Britain joined the war, the force sortied on a patrol to the Dutch coast. The 3rd DF encountered and sank a German minelayer,
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1230:. History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents. Vol. I (2nd, reprint of the 1938 ed.). London and Nashville, Tennessee: Imperial War Museum and Battery Press.
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and coal, and gave a maximum speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). They carried a maximum of 855 long tons (869 t) of coal and 200 long tons (200 t) of
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December, but the cruiser was only engaged by several
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and aircraft without effect. The ship was transferred to the
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by 1 February 1919 and was sold for scrap on 21 April 1920.
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later in August. The squadron provided close cover for the
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three-pounder 47-millimetre (1.9 in) Vickers Mk I guns
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Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History
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class was a slightly improved version of the previous
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717:All three ships were initially assigned to various
1385:. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press.
1283:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
1610:British naval ship classes of the First World War
1285:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
500:3,340 long tons (3,390 t), the ships had an
388:and her destroyers encountered and sank a German
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1381:Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014).
1228:Naval Operations to the Battle of the Falklands
752:accidentally struck a mine on 6 August off the
1306:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1287:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1249:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1208:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
748:. While returning home the following morning,
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1438:Royal Navy Log Books of the World War 1 Era
1268:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth.
820:shortly afterwards and briefly deployed to
392:. On the voyage home, the cruiser struck a
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173:3,340 long tons (3,390 t) (normal)
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508:of 41 feet (12.5 m) and a deep
2828:One or more completed after the war
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603:receiving her own two years later.
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463:for the rest of the war. The
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1130:Newbolt, pp. 32–47, 353, 373
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1843:Pre-dreadnought battleships
1204:Campbell, N. J. M. (1986).
801:A closeup of the damage to
257:(46 km/h; 29 mph)
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2278:Destroyer flotilla leaders
981:Gardiner & Gray, p. 53
960:Gardiner & Gray, p. 50
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1739:Dreadnought battleships
1414:Tarrant, V. E. (1999).
1362:Newbolt, Henry (1996).
844:and sank the submarine
830:12th Submarine Flotilla
735:1st Destroyer Flotillas
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550:class consisted of ten
443:Shortly after Jutland,
70:Pembroke Royal Dockyard
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475:Design and description
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942:Friedman 2009, p. 295
832:, initially based in
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555:four-inch Mk VII guns
428:was converted into a
380:were assigned to the
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858:Unlike her sisters,
853:Battle of May Island
818:submarine depot ship
593:QF three-inch 20 cwt
521:indicated horsepower
438:Battle of May Island
430:submarine depot ship
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1343:Nash, N.S. (2009).
999:Goldrick, pp. 84–87
824:later in the year.
812:after the collision
762:Ministry of Defence
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457:Mediterranean Fleet
349:shortly before the
301:18 in (450 mm)
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1275:978-1-84832-100-7
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1748:Dreadnought
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1970:Courageous
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