HMS Bacchante (1901)

	HMS Bacchante at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bacchante
Namesake	Bacchante
Ordered	1897-98 Programme
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	338
Laid down	15 February 1899
Launched	21 February 1901
Completed	November 1902
Commissioned	25 November 1902
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 July 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Cressy-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	12,000 long tons (12,000 t) (normal)
Length	472 ft (143.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)
Draught	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) (maximum)
Installed power	21,000 ihp (16,000 kW); 30 Belleville boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	725–760
Armament	2 × single BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns; 12 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns; 12 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt guns; 3 × QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns; 2 × single submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm); Decks: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm); Turrets: 6 in (150 mm); Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm); Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm);

HMS Bacchante was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship of the fleet's cruiser squadron. She was reduced to reserve upon her return home in 1905 before returning to the Mediterranean in 1906. Six years later she returned home and was again placed in reserve. Recommissioned at the start of World War I, Bacchante became flagship of the 7th Cruiser Squadron. She was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the war began, but saw no combat.

She was transferred to convoy escort duties in the Bay of Biscay in late 1914 before being sent to Egypt in early 1915. Bacchante was then assigned to support Anzac troops during the Gallipoli Campaign by providing naval gunfire. She covered the landing at Anzac Cove in April as well as several subsequent operations. Returning home in late 1916, she became the flagship of the 9th Cruiser Squadron on convoy escort duties off the African coast in mid-1917. Bacchante remained there for the rest of the war and was reduced to reserve in 1919 before being sold for scrap in 1920.
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History
HMS Bacchante at anchor
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bacchante
Namesake	Bacchante
Ordered	1897-98 Programme
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	338
Laid down	15 February 1899
Launched	21 February 1901
Completed	November 1902
Commissioned	25 November 1902
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 July 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Cressy-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	12,000 long tons (12,000 t) (normal)
Length	472 ft (143.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)
Draught	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) (maximum)
Installed power	21,000 ihp (16,000 kW) 30 Belleville boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	725–760
Armament	2 × single BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns 12 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns 12 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt guns^{[Note 1]} 3 × QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × single submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm) Decks: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm) Turrets: 6 in (150 mm) Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm) Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm)