HMS Cressy was a Cressy-classarmoured cruiser in the Royal Navy. Download high resolution version (890x669, 111 KB)Armoured cruiser HMS Cressy, sunk on 22 September 1914, along with her sister ships Aboukir and Hogue, by German U-boat U-9. ... The White Ensign of the Royal Navy. ... Categories: Stub | Ship classes ... The armored cruiser was a naval cruiser protected by armor on its sides as well as on the decks and gun positions. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
Aboukir | Bacchante | Cressy | Euryalus | Hogue | Sutlej Categories: Stub | Ship classes ... HMS Bacchante was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 for the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Endymion like most of the Edgar class started the war as part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron which was tasked with enforcing the northern blockade on Germany.
HMSCressy, Aboukir, Bacchante, Hogue, Sutlej, Euryalus Laid down 1898-1899, completed 1901-1904.
She was one of the many armoured cruisers sunk during the war with many of the rest relegated to secondary tasks by the end, the type being superseded by the battlecruiser.
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