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The class was originally to have consisted of twelve ships, [1] six were laid down in 1941–1942 and the seventh unit, Hawke, in 1943.Four of the ordered cruisers were cancelled almost immediately, three in March 1942 being replaced by the first light fleet carrier order [a] and another, probably Mars, was cancelled in November 1942.
The Minotaur class was a three-ship class of armoured cruisers built in the first decade of the twentieth century for the Royal Navy.These were the last class of armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy, with that role being substantially replaced by the first battlecruisers.
Thus, the first class cruisers built between the Orlando class (1886) and the Cressy class (1897) were, strictly speaking, protected cruisers as they lacked an armoured belt. The first class cruiser was succeeded by the battlecruiser in the Royal Navy. Shannon first class armoured cruiser, (1875) 5,670 tons, 2×10in, 7×9inch Shannon (1875 ...
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.
HMS Defence was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the last armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau.
Shannon was ordered as part of the 1904–05 naval construction programme as one of the three Minotaur-class armoured cruisers. She was laid down on 2 January 1905 at Chatham Dockyard. The ship was christened on 27 April 1907 by Lady Carrington and commissioned on 19 March 1908 [4] at the cost of £1,415,135. [5]
Minotaur-class cruiser may refer to: Minotaur-class cruiser (1906), a class of Royal Navy armoured cruisers launched in 1906–1907; Minotaur-class cruiser (1943), a class of Royal Navy light cruisers launched in 1943–1945; Minotaur-class cruiser (1947), a projected class of Royal Navy cruisers, a design both finalised and cancelled in 1947
Six Minotaur-class cruisers were planned over a ten-year period by the Royal Navy, with the same names as planned for the Neptune-class cruiser design: Minotaur, Neptune, Centurion, Edgar, Mars, and Bellerophon. The plan involved laying down two cruisers in 1951, 1952, and 1953 with completion in 1954, 1955, and 1956 respectively.