HMS Duke of Edinburgh - A Royal Navy armoured Cruiser
Year: 2018 Language: English Author: South A. Genre: History Format: PDF, ePUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 236 Description: HMS Duke of Edinburgh was a first-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s and the lead ship of her class. The Royal Navies First world War lasted 1561 days, and the 12,590 ton armoured cruiser, HMS Duke of Edinburgh served for 1461 of those days. She saw service in the Mediterranean, Indian and North Atlantic Oceans, and served in the Red and North Seas. In 1916 she lost her sister ship HMS Black Prince to German guns, and she was active in the Grand Fleet, Northern Blockade as well both the India army and the Atlantic convoys. Her war ended with a refit in Portsmouth, but by then she was obsolete and the war at sea all but won. Of those 1461 days, the Duke of Edinburgh fired her armament in anger three times on three different dates. The first time her guns spoke was against the Turks in 1914. Then she was in the heat of the battle at Jutland in 1916, and the final time was her lone 'Y' turret challenging a German U-boat in 1917. For 1458 days the Duke saw no action, and was either in port, on patrol or escorting. Her war time service was not quiet or without meaning, but it could be seen as dull.
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HMS Duke of Edinburgh - A Royal Navy armoured Cruiser
Language: English
Author: South A.
Genre: History
Format: PDF, ePUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 236
Description: HMS Duke of Edinburgh was a first-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s and the lead ship of her class.
The Royal Navies First world War lasted 1561 days, and the 12,590 ton armoured cruiser, HMS Duke of Edinburgh served for 1461 of those days. She saw service in the Mediterranean, Indian and North Atlantic Oceans, and served in the Red and North Seas. In 1916 she lost her sister ship HMS Black Prince to German guns, and she was active in the Grand Fleet, Northern Blockade as well both the India army and the Atlantic convoys. Her war ended with a refit in Portsmouth, but by then she was obsolete and the war at sea all but won. Of those 1461 days, the Duke of Edinburgh fired her armament in anger three times on three different dates. The first time her guns spoke was against the Turks in 1914. Then she was in the heat of the battle at Jutland in 1916, and the final time was her lone 'Y' turret challenging a German U-boat in 1917. For 1458 days the Duke saw no action, and was either in port, on patrol or escorting. Her war time service was not quiet or without meaning, but it could be seen as dull.
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