HMS Prince Eugene

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HMS Prince Eugene was one of eight Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".s built for the Royal Navy in 1915 to conduct shore bombardments during the First World War. The ship was assigned to the Dover Patrol for the duration of the war and provided cover for the Inshore Squadron during the First Ostend Raid. She was sold for scrap in 1921.

Design and description

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Prince Eugene was powered by a pair of four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by two coal-burning water-tube boilers. The engines developed a total of Script error: No such module "convert". and were designed for a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert"., although the ships proved to be significantly slower, with Prince Eugene reaching an adjusted speed of Script error: No such module "convert". during her sea trials. The Lord Clives had a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at a cruising speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

The ships were armed with a pair of BL Script error: No such module "convert". Mk VIII guns in a single twin-gun turret; Prince EugeneTemplate:'s turret was taken from the elderly predreadnought battleship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. The ship's anti-aircraft armament consisted of a [[QF 3-inch 20 cwt|(Template:Cvt)]] and a [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder (Template:Cvt)]] guns on high-angle mounts.[3]

Construction and career

Prince Eugene was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy[4] and has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after the general.[5] The ship was laid down on 1 February 1915 at Harland & Wolff's Govan shipyard, launched on 14 July and commissioned on 2 September.[6]

During a refit from December 1918 to March 1918, Prince Eugene was modified to accept a single Script error: No such module "convert". gun in a limited-traverse mount aft of her funnel. Delivery of the mounts was slow and the ship had not received hers by the war's end in November 1918. Prince Eugene was decommissioned in early 1919 and was sold for scrap on 9 May 1921. She arrived at Thos. W. Ward's Preston, Lancashire, scrapyard on 10 August 1923 to begin demolition.[7]

Citations

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  1. ↑ Buxton, pp. 45, 77
  2. ↑ Buxton, pp. 51, 77
  3. ↑ Buxton, pp. 49, 77
  4. ↑ Silverstone, p. 257
  5. ↑ Colledge, p. 276
  6. ↑ Buxton, p. 77
  7. ↑ Buxton, pp. 74, 77

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