HMS Cochrane

Cruiser

The Ship


Blew up 30 December 1913



HMS Cochrane "Warrior" Class Armoured Cruiser. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Govan, Glasgow February 1907. Served most of the Great War with the Grand Fleet and took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Wrecked in the Mersey Estuary (River Mersey near Liverpool) November 14th 1918.

Laid down 24th March 1904
Launched 20th May 1905
Completed 18th February 1907
Commissioned N/A
Fate Wrecked: 14th November 1918
Builders: Fairfield, Govan
Complement 712

Dimensions:
Displacement 13550 tons max
Dimensions 505' 4" x 73' 6"
Draught 25'
Armament
Main guns 6 x 9.2" (6 x 1)
Secondary guns 4 x 7.5" (4 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 3 x 18" submerged
Other weapons 26 x 3pdr
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 3" - 6"
Deck: 0.75" - 1.5"
Bulkheads: 2" - 6"
C.T.: 10"
Turrets: 4.5" - 7.5"

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Not postally used.
Postcard series: Johnson & Logan, Portsmouth

 

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Postcard series: Cribb Photo

 

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