Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-03
||Nv|NC|BLE HAS TAKEN
PROMINENT PART IN WAR
British Battle Cruiser. In Almost
Every Naval Engagement
Fought.
DAMAGED AT DARDANELLEs
indefatigable and Queen Mary in
rights OF Helgoland Blight and
Dogger Bank-Somc OF Contest.
ants Built Since Outbreak of War.

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch
LONDON. Juno 2.-The British bat
Tie cruiser lnvincible is by far the
most interesting ship sunk in the bat
tie.
Since the outbreak OF the war she
has taken part in almost every naval
engagement fought. ON August IS.
'o'i' shc was one OF the units in Vice
Admiral Beatty's squadron which won
the battle off Helgoland Blight This
was the first naval engagement OF the
war. On December s, 1914, she was
flagship Of Admiral Sir +. c. l.. Stur-
does fleet which defeated and sank
the German fleet under Admiral Count
Won Spec off the Falkland Islands.
After this battle she returned TO
England to be rented. She then join-
cd the squadron which attempted to
force the passage OF the Dardanciics.
during the series of engagements
which took place with the Turkish
forts she was badly damaged. and was
forced To SO TO Gibraltar for repairs.
The lndcfatigable and Queen Mary
took part in The battles OF IIclsoland
Blight and Dosgor Bank. under Vice
Admiral Sir David Beatty.
None Of the other ships sunk, either
German or British. has inquired in any
other naval engagement. The Queen
Mary was launched at Jarrow in lal2.
Her armament was three l6.S, four
three FOUNDERS and two torpedo tubes
She WAS one OF the fastest war vessels.
and had speed or thirty knots
hour. Her principal dimensions were:
length. $50 feet; beam. 30 - feet. and
IS feet draft. Her engines were
capable OF developing 1890 horse
power. She carried crew Of $40 men.
The Indefati.ablc ahad a displacc-
ment Of 1850 tons. Her armament
consisted Of eight twelre-inch guns,
sixteen four-inch guns, four three
Founders and two torpedo tubes. She
was capable OF stcaminG twenty-five
knots AN hour. Her dimensions were:
$50 feet long; beam. 50 feet, and
draft, - l2 feet. Her engines de-
veloped 5000 horse power. She car
ried crew Of l.oO0 men.
INyINCIBIE DuiLT
At ELswICK IN 1000
Thc invincihle was i7.25o-ton bat
tie cruiser She was built at Elswick
and completed in 1909. Her armament
consisted Of eight twelve Inch guns.
sixteen four-inch guns and tive tor
pcdo tubes Her speed was ;wenty-six
knots an hour. Her dimensions were:
length, $50 feet beam. 1854 feet:
draft. 20 feet. Her engines devei-
oped il.cnc horse power. Her compile
ment consisted Of 80 men.
The Defcmse was l4.soo-ton ar
mored cruiser built at Pembroke and
completed in 1909 Her armament con-
sisted Of four 9.2-inch guns. ten IS
inch guns and sixteen twelve pound
ers. She also carried 1--WE torpedo
tubes. She had speed of 235 knots.
Her dimensions were. length. 800 feet:
beam. -. feet; draft. 20 feet. Her
engines developed aT,57O horse power.
rr tnd ,.f
The Black Prince was l3.55O-tou
armorcd cruiser built AT BLACKWELL and
completed in 1905 Her armament con-
sisted OF Sin o2-inch guns. ten six
inch guns. twenty three-pounders and
three torpedo tubes. She had Il speed
length. $50 feet; beam. 73I. feet:
draft, - feet. Her engines developed
e3.s39 horse power. and she carried "A
crew OF 70i men
The destroycrs Tippcrary and Tur-
bulcnt have been completed since the
war commenced They were l.s5o-ton
vessels. and carried crews OF 100 men.
Their armament consisted of SIX four
inch guns and three torpedo tubes
They had "a speed of twenty-five knots.
and their dimensions were: length
$50 feet. beam 40 feet. draft lii.
feet. They were built at East Cowcs
The dcstroycrs Ardent. Fortune and
Wctc all completed
1913. They were !35-ton vessels with
speed OF 30 knots. The Ardent ear
ried crew OF ~ men and the other
two l29 men each. their armament con-
sisted OF three four-inch guns and two
torpedo tubes. Their dimensions were:
length. 26o feet: beam. IS feet: draft.
$40 feet.
The dimensions OF the German ships
reported lost are Us follows: pommern,
battleship of 1912 tons. built at
Stettin and completed 1907. Her ar
mament consisted OF four eleven-inch
guns. fourteen 6.7-lnch guns and six
torpedo tubes. She had speed OF
nineteen knots. Her length was 2s9ts
feet: beam, 50 = feet: draft, 251-4
feet. Her engines developed $4,000
horse power. She carried crew Of
i2S men.
The Frauenloeb was Il light cruiser.
She was built at Bremen and completed
In 1902. Her armament consisted OF
ten four-inch guns aud two torpedo
tubes. She had n speed OF twenty-one
knots and carried crew of 2S1 men.
There is no record OF the German
cruiser Wiesbaden. This ship was
probably completed since the outbreaks
OF the war.