HMS Juno (1895)
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300px HMS Juno circa. 1901 | |
Career | |
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Name: | HMS Juno |
Builder: | Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Barrow-in-Furness |
Launched: | 16 November 1895[1] |
Fate: | Sold for scrap 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Eclipse-class cruiser |
Displacement: | 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) |
Length: | 350 ft (110 m) |
Beam: | 53 ft 6 in (16.31 m) |
Draught: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
Propulsion: |
2 Triple-expansion oil-fired steam engines 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) 2 screws |
Speed: | 18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h) |
Complement: | 450 |
Armament: |
As built: |
Armour: |
• Gun shields: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) • Engine hatch: 3 in (76 mm) • Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) • Conning tower: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Juno.
HMS Juno was an Eclipse-class cruiser of Britain's Royal Navy.
Juno was assigned to the 11th Cruiser Squadron operating from Ireland. In 1915 she was sent to the Persian Gulf and took part in an engagement at Bushire in July-August 1915 against Tangistani raids under Rais Ali.
In 1918 she was sent to the West Indies. Juno was sold for scrap in 1920.
In 1902 Juno was commanded by David Beatty.
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