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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ABOUKIR |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1902 |
16/05/1900 |
03/04/1902 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Cruiser
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan |
Fairfield |
410 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 12000 disp |
472 ft oa |
69 ft 6 in |
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26 ft |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
| 2-shaft, 4 cyl TE, 30 Belleville boilers, coal, 21,000ihp giving 21 knots. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Admiralty |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
| First Class Armoured Cruiser, Cressy Class. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1914 |
Torpedoed 22/09/1914 |
| Disposal Detail |
22/9/1914 she was sunk in the North Sea, 20 miles off the Dutch coast, while on patrol with her sisters, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy. She was torpedoed by the German submarine U-9 and the other two cruisers thought she had hit a mine so stopped to assist. They were torpedoed when stationary while using their boats to save the lives of the men on the Aboukir in the infamous “Three before Breakfast” incident. Over 60 officers and 1300 men were lost.
A single torpedo had broken Aboukir’s back, and she sank within 20 minutes with the loss of 527 men
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Aboukir
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Aboukir 1905 in Malta
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