HMS Juno (1895)

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Juno circa. 1901
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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Juno
Namesake Juno
BuilderNaval Construction & Armaments Co., Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down22 June 1894
Launched16 November 1895
Completed16 June 1897
FateSold for scrap, 24 September 1920
General characteristics
Class and type Eclipse-class protected cruiser
Displacement5,600 long tons (5,690 t)
Length350 ft (106.7 m)
Beam53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)
Draught20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines
SpeedMax 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph), 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) sustained.
Complement450
Armament
Armour

HMS Juno was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.

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Construction

In 1899, Juno was equipped with wireless, and took part in the Summer Manoeuvres of that year. She relayed a message from HMS Europa to HMS Alexandra over a distance of 95 miles, the longest ship to ship transmission to date. [1]

Service

In late March 1900 she was sent to Algiers to bring back to the United Kingdom the remains of Field Marshal Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet, who had died there earlier that month. [2]

In 1901, she was one of two escort ships for HMS Ophir, which carried the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) during their tour of the British Empire. [3]

The following year she served in the cruiser squadron. In May 1902 she was taken into Portsmouth for a refit, [4] and the following month Captain David Beatty was appointed in command. [5] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII, [6] and visited the Aegean Sea for combined manoeuvres with other ships of the Channel squadron and Mediterranean Fleet the following month. [7] After returning to Portsmouth in October, [8] she carried the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and Lady Dudley on a visit to Waterford on 29 October. [9] She was posted to the Mediterranean Fleet later that year, but Beatty paid her off not long after.

Juno during the First World War HMS Juno during the First World War IWM photo Q21405.jpg
Juno during the First World War

At the beginning of World War I Juno was assigned to the 11th Cruiser Squadron operating from Ireland. [10] In 1915 she was sent to the Persian Gulf and took part in an engagement at Bushire in July – August 1915 against Tangistani raids under Rais Ali Delvari.

On Friday 7 May 1915, Juno was returning to Queenstown, Ireland. At this point, she was considered very vulnerable to U-boats, being capable of only a sustained cruising speed of 16 knots. Having received warning of submarine activity in the area, the cruiser took evasive action and eventually returned to port. The RMS Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat later that day. Juno broke orders to go to the rescue but turned around before she left harbour. [11]

In November 1916 Juno carried Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud to Bushire to visit Sir Percy Cox, the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. [12]

Juno was sold for scrap in 1920.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pocock, R. F.; Garratt, Gerald Reginald Mansel (1972). The Origins of Maritime Radio: The Story of the Introduction of wireless telegraphy in the Royal Navy Between 1896 and 1900. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-11-290113-6.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36103. London. 30 March 1900. p. 7.
  3. ↑ Leckie 1914 , p. 386
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36756. London. 1 May 1902. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36774. London. 22 May 1902. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "The Coronation - Naval Review". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36880. London. 23 September 1902. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36902. London. 18 October 1902. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "Ireland". The Times. No. 36912. London. 30 October 1902. p. 10.
  10. ↑ Rickard, J. "HMS Juno". Military History Encyclopedia on the Web. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Layton, J Kent (2016). "Scoundrel's Encore". Conspiracies at Sea: Titanic and Lusitania.
  12. ↑ "HMS Juno, 2nd class cruiser - British warships of World War 1". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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