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  Minneapolis 1904

Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
C12, 7.1920- CA16 Columbia, 11.1921- Old Columbia 269 Cramp, Philadelphia 30.12.1890 26.7.1892 23.4.1894 stricken 1.1922
C13, 7.1920- CA17 Minneapolis 273 Cramp, Philadelphia 16.12.1891 12.8.1893 13.12.1894 stricken 8.1921


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

7375
Displacement full, t

8270
Length, m

125.9
Breadth, m

17.7
Draught, m

6.88
No of shafts

3
Machinery

3 VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.

21000
Max speed, kts

21
Fuel, t

coal 1670
Endurance, nm(kts)19000(10)
Armour, mm

steel - deck: 64 with 102mm slopes, casemates: 102, CT: 127
Armament

C12: 1 x 1 - 203/40 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 152/40 Mk III, 8 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 12 x 1 - 57/45-50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 4 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I, 4 - 360 TT (beam)

C13: 1 x 1 - 203/40 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 152/40 Mk III, 8 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 12 x 1 - 57/45-50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 4 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I, 4 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement

477


Standard scale images


<i>Columbia</i> 1894
Columbia 1894
<i>Minneapolis </i>1894
Minneapolis 1894


Graphics


  <i>Minneapolis</i> 1904
  Minneapolis 1904


Project history

Columbia authorized under the Act of 30.6.1890, and Minneapolis under Act of 2.3.1891. Designed as commerce raiders, these ships differed much in appearance, Columbia having four funnels and Minneapolis two. They were very lightly gunned for their size. 203mm gun was in a shield on the quarterdeck and 2 152mm abreast forward, while 102mm were in main deck sponsons.

Ship protection

There was 64mm armoured deck with 102mm slopes amidships. 203mm gun was protected by shield, 152mm guns were on open mounts and 102mm guns were protected by 102mm armour. The CT had 127mm sides.

Modernizations

circa 1906 - 1907, both: - 1 x 1 - 203/40; + 1 x 1 - 152/40 Mk III

(1916-1918), Columbia: - 4 - 360 TT; + 4 x 1 - 102/40 Mk VI, 2 x 1 - 76/52 Mk X

(1916-1918), Minneapolis: - 4 - 450 TT; + 4 x 1 - 102/40 Mk VI, 2 x 1 - 76/52 Mk X

Naval service

Columbia was out of commission from May 1907 to June 1915 and Minneapolis from November 1906 to July 1917, presumably because of their high coal consumption, though they were good steamers, Columbia taking sis days 23 hours 49 minutes from Southampton to Sandy Hook in 1895, when the best trip was the Fürst Bismarck's six days ten hours 12 minutes.