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HMS ''Bacchante'' was a armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship of the fleet's cruiser squadron. She was reduced to reserve upon her return home in 1905 before returning to the Mediterranean in 1906. Six years later she returned home and was again placed in reserve. Recommissioned at the start of World War I, ''Bacchante'' became flagship of the 7th Cruiser Squadron. She was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the war began, but saw no combat. She was transferred to convoy escort duties in the Bay of Biscay in late 1914 before being sent to Egypt in early 1915. ''Bacchante'' was then assigned to support Anzac troops during the Gallipoli Campaign by providing naval gunfire. She covered the landing at Anzac Cove in April as well as several subsequent operations. Returning home in late 1916, she became the flagship of the 9th Cruiser Squadron on convoy escort duties off the African coast in mid-1917. ''Bacchante'' remained there for the rest of the war and was reduced to reserve in 1919 before being sold for scrap in 1920. ==Design and description== ''Bacchante'' was designed to displace . The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a deep draught of .〔Friedman 2012, pp. 335–36〕 She was powered by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, which produced a total of and gave a maximum speed of . The engines were powered by 30 Belleville boilers. On their sea trials all of the ''Cressy''-class cruisers, except the lead ship, exceeded their designed speed.〔Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 69〕 She carried a maximum of of coal and her complement ranged from 725〔Friedman 2012, p. 336〕 to 760 officers and enlisted men.〔Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 68〕 Her main armament consisted of two breech-loading (BL) in single gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure.〔 They fired shells to a range of .〔Friedman 2011, pp. 71–72〕 Her secondary armament of twelve BL 6-inch Mk VII guns was arranged in casemates amidships. Eight of these were mounted on the main deck and were only usable in calm weather.〔Friedman 2012, pp. 243, 260–61〕 They had a maximum range of approximately with their shells.〔Friedman 2011, pp. 80–81〕 A dozen quick-firing (QF) 12-pounder 12-cwt guns were fitted for defence against torpedo boats, eight on casemates on the upper deck and four in the superstructure.〔Friedman 2012, pp. 243, 336〕 The ship also carried three 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns and two submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes.〔 The ship's waterline armour belt had a maximum thickness of and was closed off by transverse bulkheads. The armour of the gun turrets and their barbettes was 6 inches thick while the casemate armour was 5 inches thick. The protective deck armour ranged in thickness from and the conning tower was protected by of armour.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Bacchante (1901)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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