HMS Bellona (1909)

Bellona at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name	Bellona
Namesake	Bellona
Builder	Pembroke Royal Dockyard
Laid down	5 June 1908
Launched	20 March 1909
Completed	February 1910
Decommissioned	1919
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Boadicea-class scout cruiser
Displacement	3,350 long tons (3,400 t) (normal)
Length	405 ft (123.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	12 × Yarrow boilers 18,000 shp (13,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × shafts 2 × Parsons steam turbine sets
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	317
Armament	6 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns 4 × single 3-pdr 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × single 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 0.5–1 in (13–25 mm) Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm)

HMS Bellona was one of two Boadicea-class scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the flotilla leader for the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla from her completion in 1910 until 1913 when she was transferred to the 1st Battle Squadron. Bellona spent the bulk of World War I with that squadron. She was present at, but did not fight in, the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. The ship was converted into a minelayer in mid-1917 and made four sorties to lay her mines before the end of the war. Bellona was reduced to reserve in 1919 and sold to be broken up for scrap in 1921.