HMS Minotaur (1906)

Minotaur underway with her original short funnels
History
United Kingdom
Name	Minotaur
Namesake	Minotaur
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	2 January 1905
Launched	6 June 1906
Commissioned	1 April 1908
Decommissioned	5 February 1919
Fate	Sold for scrap, April 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Minotaur-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	14,600 long tons (14,800 t)
Length	490 ft (149.4 m) between perpendiculars 519 ft (158.2 m) overall
Beam	74.5 ft (22.7 m)
Draught	26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power	27,000 ihp (20,130 kW) 24 × Yarrow water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	8,150 nmi (15,090 km; 9,380 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	825 (1909)
Armament	2 × twin BL 9.2-inch Mk XI guns 10 × single BL 7.5-inch Mk V guns 16 × single QF 12-pounder, 18 cwt guns 5 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes[Note 1]
Armour	Belt: 3–6 in (8–15 cm) Deck: 1.5–2 in (4–5 cm) Barbettes: 7 in (18 cm) Gun turrets: 4.5–8 in (11–20 cm) Conning tower: 10 in (25 cm)

HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the Minotaur-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy. Launched in 1906, she served as the flagship of the China Station before the First World War. Shortly after the war began, the ship searched unsuccessfully for the German East Asia Squadron and was transferred to the Grand Fleet at the end of 1914. During the rest of the war Minotaur served as the flagship of the 7th and 2nd Cruiser Squadrons and spent most of her time assigned to the Northern Patrol. In mid-1916 she participated in the Battle of Jutland but did not fire her weapons during the battle. The ship was paid off in 1919 and sold for scrap the following year.
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