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HMS ''Sutlej'' was a ''Cressy''-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the China Station. In 1906 she became a training ship for the North America and West Indies Station before returning home and being assigned as the flagship of the reserve Third Fleet in 1909. Relieved as flagship in 1910, she remained in reserve until the beginning of World War I in August 1914. She was spent most of the war on convoy escort duties before becoming an accommodation ship in 1917 and then a depot ship in 1918. ''Sutlej'' was sold for scrap in 1921, but was not broken up until 1924. ==Design and description== ''Sutlej'' 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 Sutlej (1899)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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