Arrogant-class cruiser

	HMS Furious
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Eclipse class
Succeeded by	Pelorus class
Built	1895–1900
In service	1898–1923
Completed	4
Lost	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	5,750 long tons (5,840 t)
Length	320 ft (97.5 m) (p/p); 342 ft (104.2 m) (o/a);
Beam	57 ft 6 in (17.5 m)
Draught	20 ft (6.1 m)
Installed power	10,000 shp (7,460 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 18 Belleville water-tube boilers;
Speed	19 knots (35.2 km/h; 21.9 mph)
Complement	480
Armament	4 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 6 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; 8 × 12-pounder (3-inch, 76 mm) guns; 3 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns; 3 submerged 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm); Conning tower: 9 in (229 mm);

The Arrogant-class cruiser was a class of four protected cruisers built for the British Royal Navy at the end of the 1890s. One ship, HMS Gladiator, was lost following a collision with a merchant ship in 1908, while HMS Vindictive saw active service in the First World War, taking part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918 before being sunk as a blockship during the Second Ostend Raid in May 1918.

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