HMS Juno (1895)

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HMS Juno circa. 1901
Career Royal Navy Ensign
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:
• 5 × QF 6 in (150 mm) guns (5×1)
• 6 × QF 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (6×1)
• 6 × 3-pounder QF guns (6×1)
• 2 × machine guns
• 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes
After 1905:
• 11 × 6 in (150 mm) QF guns
• 3 × 12-pounder guns

• 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes
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)

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.

References

  1. The Times (London), Monday, 18 November 1895, p.6


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