HMS Leviathan (1901)
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| 300px HMS Leviathan | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Leviathan |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company |
| Launched: | 3 July 1901 |
| Fate: | Sold 3 March 1920 for breaking up |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,100 tons |
| Length: | 500 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 71 ft (22 m) |
| Armament: |
2 x BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) guns in single turrets |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Leviathan.
HMS Leviathan was a 14,100-ton Drake-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, and the third ship to bear the name.
Like her sisters, Leviathan served in the First World War, surviving it to be sold for breaking up on 3 March 1920 to Hughes Bolckow of Blyth.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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