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The Arethusa-class cruisers were intended to lead destroyer flotillas and defend the fleet against attacks by enemy destroyers. The ships were 456 feet 6 inches (139.1 m) long overall, with a beam of 49 feet 10 inches (15.2 m) and a deep draught of 15 feet 3 inches (4.6 m).
HMS Undaunted was previously HMS Arethusa, a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1793. She was renamed HMS Undaunted in 1795 and was wrecked in 1796. HMS Undaunted (1799) was a schuyt captured from the Dutch in 1799 by HMS Pylades, turned into a temporary gunvessel, and sold in 1800. HMS Undaunted (1807) was a 38-gun fifth rate ...
Battle off Texel Part of the First World War A sketch of the battle by one of the participants. Date 17 October 1914 Location 50 nautical miles (58 mi; 93 km) off Texel, the Netherlands, North Sea 53°17′21″N 3°28′27″E / 53.28917°N 3.47417°E / 53.28917; 3.47417 Result British victory Belligerents United Kingdom Germany Commanders and leaders Cecil Fox Georg Thiele ...
HMS Arethusa (light cruiser) Cdre Tyrwhitt Attached Destroyers [a] HMS Meteor: Capt the Hon. Herbert Meade HMS Miranda: Cdr Barry E. Domvile [b] HMS Mentor: Cdr Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy HMS Milne: Lt-Cdr Henry R. Clifton Mogg HMS Mastiff: Lt-Cdr James L. Forbes HMS Minos: Lt-Cdr Ernest H. B. Williams HMS Morris: Cdr Reginald Henniker-Heaton
HMS Undaunted (1914) V. RMS Victorian; HMS Vindictive (1897) W. HMS Warrior (1905) HMS Weymouth (1910) Y. HMS Yarmouth (1911) Media in category "World War I cruisers ...
The British surprised the smaller and slower German squadron, which fled for home. During a stern chase lasting several hours, the British caught up with the Germans and engaged them with long-range gunfire. The British disabled Blücher, the rearmost German ship and the Germans put the British flagship HMS Lion out of action.
Fox transferred to command HMS Undaunted, and on 17 October 1914 took part in the defeat of four German torpedo boats at the Battle off Texel. He was also involved in the Raid on Cuxhaven on Christmas Day, 1914. He was subject of one of the 240 Cinderella Stamps issued for the Lord Roberts Memorial Fund. [4]
The High Seas Fleet in October 1918 was built around the core of 18 battleships and five battlecruisers, most of which had been completed before the outbreak of war.Since the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, the obsolete pre-dreadnoughts had been de-commissioned, two new battleships with 15-inch guns (Baden and Bayern) and the new battlecruiser Hindenburg had joined the fleet, but one ...