| Challenger-class cruiser | |
|---|---|
 HMS Challenger | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Challenger |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy Royal Australian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Highflyer class |
| Succeeded by: | Topaze class |
| In commission: | 1904-1929 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,880 tons |
| Length: | 355 ft (108.2 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17.1 m) |
| Draught: | 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m) |
| Installed power: | 12,500 ihp (9,320 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts, Vertical triple-expansion steam engines 18 water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 21 knots (38.9 km/h; 24.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 430-450 |
| Armament: |
As built: 6 x 3-pounder quick firing guns 2 x 17.7-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Deck: 1.5–3 in (38.1–76.2 mm) Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) |
The Challenger class cruisers were a two-ship class of second class protected cruisers of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy.
Ships[]
- HMS Challenger - Sold 1920
- HMS Encounter - To Australia in 1912 as HMAS Encounter, renamed Penguin 1923, scuttled 1932.
See also[]
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
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