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HMS Lancaster (1902)
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Name: HMS Lancaster
Builder: Armstrong
Launched: 22 March 1902
Fate: Sold 3 March 1920
General characteristics
Displacement: 9,800 tons
Length: 463.5 ft (141.3 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draught: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion: 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
two shafts
31 Belleville boilers
22,000hp
Speed: apprx 23 knots
Complement: 678
Armament:

14 x BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk VII guns

10 x 12 pounder guns
Armour: 4in (102mm) belt
5in (127mm) barbette
5in (127mm) turret

HMS Lancaster was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Armstrong and launched on 22 March 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, and survived to be sold for scrap on 3 March 1920 to Ward of Birkenhead & Preston.

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