Battle of Jutland - came under fire and sank 1 June 1916
Built Thames Iron Works, laid down February 1903, completed March 1906.
Average coast: £1,150,000.
Size:
Length 480 feet pp 505 feet 6 inches overall, beam 73 feet 6 inches, draught 26 feet, displacement 13,550 tons load.
Propulsion:
2 shaft triple expansion engines, 23,000 ihp, 23 knots
Trials:
Black Prince 23,939 ihp = 23.66 knots
Armour:
6-3in belt, 6in barbettes, 7.5in turret faces, 1.5-0.5in decks
Armament:
6 x 9.2in Mk IX (6 x 1), 10 x 6in Mk XI (10 x 1), 22 x 3pounder (22 x 1), 3 x 18in TT
World War 1 Service:
1st Cruiser Squadron Mediterranean Fleet.
August 1914 involved in hunt for SMS Goeben and Breslau.
August 1914 Captured a German merchant ship in the Red Sea.
November 1914 Gibraltar.
December 1914 onwards 1st Cruiser Squadron The Grand Fleet.
1 June 1916 Sunk at The Battle of Jutland.
