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HMS ''Skirmisher'' was one of two scout cruisers which served with the Royal Navy. She was completed in 1905 and served throughout the First World War, being scrapped in 1920. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name ''Skirmisher''. ==Construction and design== ''Skirmisher'' was laid down at Vickers, Sons & Maxim's Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 29 July 1903 and was launched on 7 February 1905.〔Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 85.〕 ''Skirmisher'' was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was .〔 The ''Sentinel''-class differed from the other contemporary Royal Navy scout cruiser classes (the , and classes) in having a turtleback forecastle and shorter funnels.〔Brown 2003, p. 163.〕〔 She was powered by two four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines fed by 12 Vickers-Express boilers, and driving two 3-bladed propellers. The machinery was rated at to meet the required speed of .〔〔''The Engineer'' 10 March 1905, p. 240.〕 ''Skirmisher''s main armour protection consisted of an arched protective deck, covering the full length of the ship, which was thick, while the ship's conning tower was protected by of armour.〔〔''The Engineer'' 10 March 1905, p. 240.〕 The Scout cruisers were intended to lead and support destroyer flotillas, and their armament was meant to fight destroyers rather than heavier ships. Main gun armament consisted of ten 12-pounder (76 mm) QF guns, arranged three abreast fore-and-aft to give maximum end-on fire for chase engagements and two more guns on each beam. This was supplemented by eight 3-pounder (47 mm) guns. Two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes were fitted, with a single spare torpedo carried.〔〔Friedman 2009, pp. 100–101, 294–295.〕 This armament was considered too light, and an additional two 12-pounder guns were added on the ship's beams soon after commissioning, while the 3-pounder guns were replaced by six 6-pounder (57 mm) guns. She was rearmed again in 1911–12, when the 12-pounder guns were replaced by nine 4 inch guns.〔 She completed in July 1905 at a cost of about £276,579.〔〔Hythe 1912, p. 191.〕〔Adjusted for inflation to 20, £〕 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 Skirmisher (1905)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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