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Active 1915

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Active	A2, 01, N06	245	Pembroke DYd	27.7.1910	14.3.1911	12.1911	sold for BU 4.1920
Amphion		246	Pembroke DYd	15.3.1911	4.12.1911	3.1913	sunk 6.8.1914
Fearless	46, 64, 27	247	Pembroke DYd	15.11.1911	12.6.1912	10.1913	sold for BU 11.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3440
Displacement full, t	4000
Length, m	123.8
Breadth, m	12.6
Draught, m	4.70 max
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 Parsons steam turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	18000
Max speed, kts	25
Fuel, t	coal 780 + oil 190
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(14)
Armour, mm	deck: 25, CT: 102
Armament	10 x 1 - 102/50 BL Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	321 - 325

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Project history In the third group of 'scouts' (the first two were ordered under the 1910 Programme and Fearless under 1911 Programme) there was little change from the previous class,

In the third group of 'scouts' (the first two were ordered under the 1910 Programme and Fearless under 1911 Programme) there was little change from the previous class, except to thicken the shell plating amidships as partial protection against light gunfire, but even this modest improvement was insufficient to fit them for work with the Fleet. They could easily be distinguished from the earlier ships by their 'plough' bow. Ship protection: Main deck had 25mm flat part and 25mm slopes and covered machinery only.

Modernizations

1916, Active: + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I

1918, Active: - 2 x 1 - 102/50

1918, Fearless: - 2 x 1 - 102/50; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I

Naval service

Amphion 6.8.1914 ran into a minefield laid by German auxiliary minelayer Königin Luise and sunk.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.