H.M.S. Hermes
1913
(Hai 687)
- Class: Highflyer - 5 second class cruisers of 1896/97
- Displacement: 5,650t
- Dimensions: 372 oa x 54 x 20.5 ft
- Machinery: Geared turbines: 4 screws, S.H.P. 23,500 = 25 knots
- Armament: 8-6in (8x1), 4-3pdr AA; 2-21in TT
- Armor: Deck 1.5-3in, CT 6in, gunshields 3in
- Complement: 450
- Builder: Beardmore, Clyde
- Laid Down: 30 Apr 1897
- Launched: 7 Apr 1898
- Completed: 5 Oct 1899
- Notes: Brought out of reserve in 1913 and modified to carry aircraft, for exercises to evaluate their usefulness in fleet scouting. At start of WWI she was employed transporting RNAS aircraft to France, when she was sunk by U27 on 31 Oct 1914.
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