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HMS Hyacinth (1898)
HMS ''Hyacinth'' was one of three ''Highflyer''-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Initially assigned to the Channel Fleet, she spent much of her early career as flagship for the East Indies Station. She was reduced to reserve in 1912 after a lengthy refit before becoming the flagship of the Cape of Good Hope Station in 1913. After the beginning of World War I in August 1914, she spent the first few months of the war escorting convoys around South Africa. In early 1915, she was deployed to German East Africa to blockade the German light cruiser SMS ''Königsberg''. She destroyed a German blockade runner attempting to bring supplies through the blockade in April and sank a German merchant vessel in early 1916. ''Hyacinth'' remained on the Cape Station for the rest of the war and was paid off in 1919, although she was not sold for scrap until 1923.
==Design and description==
''Hyacinth'' was designed to displace . The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . She was powered by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, which produced a total of designed to give a maximum speed of . The engines were powered by 18 Belleville boilers.〔Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 79〕 She carried a maximum of of coal and her complement consisted of 470 officers and enlisted men.〔Friedman 2012, p. 336〕
Her main armament consisted of 11 quick-firing (QF) .〔Friedman 2011, p. 87〕 One gun was mounted on the forecastle and two others were positioned on the quarterdeck. The remaining eight guns were placed port and starboard amidships.〔Friedman 2012, p. 171〕 They had a maximum range of approximately with their shells.〔Friedman 2011, pp. 87–88〕 Eight quick-firing (QF) 12-pounder 12 cwt guns were fitted for defence against torpedo boats. One additional 12-pounder 8 cwt gun could be dismounted for service ashore.〔 ''Hyacinth'' also carried six 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns and two submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes.〔
The ship's protective deck armour ranged in thickness from . The engine hatches were protected by of armour. The main guns were fitted with 3-inch gun shields and the conning tower had armour 6 inches thick.〔
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