HMS Prince Eugene
HMS "Prince Eugene" was one of eight 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. The "Lord Clive" design was derived from that of the preceding , modified to suit the smaller and lighter main battery. The ships had an overall length of , a maximum beam of , and a deep draught of . She  displaced at deep load. To improve stability, torpedo bulges were incorporated into the hull. Her crew numbered 12 officers and 182 ratings. "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 watertube boilers. The engines developed a total of and were designed for a maximum speed of , although the ships proved to be significantly slower, with "Prince Eugene" reaching an adjusted speed of during her sea trials. The "Lord Clive"s had a range of at a cruising speed of . The ships were armed  with a pair of BL Mk VIII guns in a single twin-gun turret; "Prince Eugene"s turret was taken from the elderly predreadnought battleship . The ship's anti-aircraft armament consisted of a () and a 2-pounder () guns on high-angle mounts. Construction and career. "Prince Eugene" was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy and has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after the general. The ship was laid down on 1 February 1915 at Harland and Wolff's Govan shipyard, launched on 14 July and commissioned on 2 September. During a refit from December  1918 to March 1918, "Prince Eugene" was modified to accept a single 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.