HMS Europe (1897)
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| Diadem class | |
 HMS Europe |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| units | 8th |
| Shipyard |
J. & G. Thompson , Clydebank , Building No. 293 |
| Keel laying | February 10, 1896 |
| Launch | March 20, 1897 |
| Commissioning | November 23, 1899 |
| Whereabouts | Sold September 15, 1920 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
11,000 t |
| length |
140.97 m over everything, |
| width |
21.05 m |
| Draft |
7.77 m |
| crew |
677 men |
| drive |
30 Belleville boiler |
| speed |
20.25 kn |
| Range |
2,000 nm at 19 knots, |
| Armament |
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| Armor |
Harvey type |
| Armored deck |
65 to 102 mm |
| Casemates and protective shields |
114 mm |
| Ammunition lifts |
52 mm |
| Command tower |
305 mm |
| Sister ships |
HMS Diadem , HMCS Niobe , HMS Andromeda , HMS Argonaut , HMS Amphitrite , HMS Ariadne , HMS Spartiate |
The protected cruiser HMS Europa was one of eight Diadem- class cruisers of the British Royal Navy . In the beginning she performed very unsatisfactorily. However, she was the only ship of the class that remained in active service throughout the First World War , albeit for most of the time as an office flagship off the Turkish coast.
resume
The HMS Europa belonged to the first series of the Diadem class and was completed by the J. & G. Thompson shipyard in Clydebank under construction number 293. She was one of the first ships in the Royal Navy to come into service with a radio system. In 1900 she carried out a trip with relief teams to Australia. She was the largest warship in Australian waters to date. The trip to Sydney took 88 days because of the high coal consumption, because eight ports had to be called and coal was taken over on 30 days. At the end of 1903 she was sent to East Asia in the wake of the Russo-Japanese tensions. A second trip of the Europa with a replacement for the Australia Station together with the old HMS Edgar was more successful. Leaving Portsmouth on September 6, 1907, the two 1st class cruisers reached Colombo on October 3 , where the flagship of Australia Station, HMS Powerful , and HMS Cambrian took over the replacement and released Navy members with completed station service for their journey home.
War effort
Only three ships of the Diadem class returned to active service when the war broke out; the large ships were too labor-intensive and not powerful enough to be used effectively. The Europa , Argonaut and Amphitrite came to the 9th Cruiser Squadron, which as Cruiser Force I was supposed to monitor the eastern North Atlantic about the northwest corner of Spain near Cap Finisterre to the Azores and Madeira. The base of the squadron was to be Gibraltar. On August 4, 1914, the rear admiral John de Robeck , who had been reactivated as squadron commander, ran out of Plymouth with the smaller cruisers HMS Vindictive as a squadron flagship and HMS Highflyer . Already on the approach these brought up several German ships. The Argonaut and HMS Challenger , also belonging to the Diadem class, followed as the next cruiser, then Europe (back in service since August 1, 1914) with the sister ship Amphitrite . In August, the HMS Minerva was handed over to Gibraltar by the 11th cruiser squadron.
In November, the Europa was now de Robeck's flagship at Finisterre Station until February 1915. Admiral de Robeck was assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet as a deputy in the spring and was supposed to prepare the advance through the Dardanelles. Its former flagship Europa was sent to the operational area in June 1915. Admiral Wemyss , who was in charge of the Gallipoli landings , requested an old cruiser as a depot ship for the light transport ships. The Admiralty dispatched the great Europa , whose machinery was soon due for overhaul, but would cope with the anticipated movements. It also had a modern radio system that would eliminate existing problems there. The Europe were on the way to Gibraltar still a part of the crew on active ships, and reduced on-site then her machine operators. She then remained in Mudros as a work ship for the staffs until the end of the war with Turkey .
End of Europe
The ship survived the war and was sold to CF Bletto, Malta on September 15, 1920. She should be converted into an emigrant ship, which should be done in Genoa. On the way there, the Europa sank in a storm in January 1921 off the Corsican coast. It was raised again, but then only broken off in Genoa.
swell
- David K. Brown: Warrior to Dreadnought. Warship Development 1860-1905. Caxton Editions, London 2003, ISBN 1-84067-529-2 .
- Roger Chesneau (Ed.): Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. Conway Maritime Press, London 1979, ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .
- James J. Colledge, Ben Warlow: Ships of the Royal Navy. The complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th century to the present. New revised edition. Chatham, London 2006, ISBN 1-86176-281-X .
- Fred T. Jane: The British Battle Fleet. Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries. Reprinted Edition. Conway Maritime Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-85177-723-6 .
Web links
- Diadem class in World War II (Engl.)
- Pictures and resumes of Diadem class (Engl.)
- The HMS Europa built on the Clyde
- Logbooks of the Europa on oldweather
Individual evidence
- ^ HMS Europe arrived at Albany
- ↑ Europa & searchLimits = HMS Europa A Coal Devourer
- ^ Far Eastern News, NYT October 17, 1903
- ^ British took a Naval Officer from a Norwegian Steamship, NYT December 27, 1914
- ↑ JJohn C. Welch, A Pensioner at Gallipoli, The Gallipolian, N ° 79, S.24ff. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
