Adventure-class cruiser

HMS Adventure in dazzle camouflage during the First World War
Class overview
Name	Adventure class
Builders	Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Forward class
Built	1904–1905
In commission	1905–1919
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Scout cruiser
Displacement	2,670 long tons (2,713 t)
Length	374 ft (114.0 m) (p/p)
Beam	38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Draught	12 ft 5 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	12 Yarrow boilers 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 Shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	2,370 nmi (4,390 km; 2,730 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	289
Armament	10 × QF 12-pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns 8 × QF 3 pdr (47 mm) guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 0.75–2 in (19–51 mm) Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

The Adventure-class cruisers were a pair of scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The sister ships spent about half of the first decade of their careers in reserve and were based in home waters when on active duty. During this time Attentive was involved in two collisions. When the First World War began in August 1914 the ships were given coastal defence missions on the English Channel. Attentive was transferred to Ireland in mid-1915, but Adventure remained with the Dover Patrol for another three years. They were assigned convoy escort duties in the Atlantic Ocean in 1918 before being separated when Attentive was transferred to the Mediterranean and Adventure was tasked to support the British intervention in North Russia. The sisters returned home a few months after the end of the war in November 1918 and were sold for scrap in 1920.