{{short description|Apollo-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy}} {{other ships|HMS Intrepid}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=HMS Intrepid 1896 IWM Q 21388.jpg |image_caption=HMS Intrepid in her original configuration, 1896 (IWM Q21388) }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United Kingdom |flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |name=HMS ''Intrepid'' |ordered= |builder=London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company |laid_down=6 September 1889 |launched=20 June 1891 |acquired= |commissioned=November 1892 |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |nickname= |struck= |reinstated= |honours= ZEEBRUGGE 1918 |captured= |fate=Expended as a block ship, 23 April 1918 |notes= |badge=150px|center|Ship's badge of HMS Intrepid (IWM Q20181) }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class={{sclass|Apollo|cruiser|3}} |displacement=3,600 tons |length={{convert|314|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|43.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |draught={{convert|17.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |speed={{convert|19.75|kn|km/h}} |propulsion=*twin screw triple expansion engines *from Earle's Shipbuilding |complement=273 to 300 (Officers and Men) |armament=*As built: *2 × QF {{convert|6|in|mm|adj=on|sigfig=4}} guns *6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns *8 × 6-pounders *2 to 4 × 14 inch torpedo tubes *Converted pre-1914 to a lightly armed minelayer. |notes= }} }} '''HMS ''Intrepid''''' was an {{sclass|Apollo|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser of the Royal Navy built on the River Clyde and launched in 1891. She was subsequently converted as a minelayer in the latter half of her career and ultimately sunk as a blockship during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918.

==History== Ordered under the Naval Defence Act 1889, ''Intrepid'' was laid down in 1889 at the yard of the London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company. Following completion in November 1892 ''Intrepid'' was held at Portsmouth. During 1896–99 she served on the North America & West Indian Station, then in 1899 returned to Portsmouth. After a refit, she returned to service in early April 1900, when she was placed in the Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military itelligence|date=3 April 1900 | page=11 |issue=36106}}</ref>

In 1902 she was commissioned at Portsmouth for service on the Mediterranean station.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=3 October 1902 |page=8 |issue=36889}}</ref> She left that city on 14 October,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=14 October 1902 |page=7 |issue=36898}}</ref> visiting Plymouth and Gibraltar en route before arriving at the station headquarters at Malta later the same month.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=25 October 1902 |page=12 |issue=36908}}</ref> Between October 1902 and 1904 she served in the Mediterranean, visiting various ports and taking part in manoeuvres. In late 1902 she was at Port Said, where members of her crew provided the naval guard for the Duke and Duchess of Connaught as they visited the city in December, en route for India.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest intelligence - The Duke of Connaught in Egypt |date=8 December 1902 |page=5 |issue=36945}}</ref> In February 1903 she was at Aden.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=19 February 1903 |page=8 |issue=37008}}</ref> From 1904 she saw harbour service at Portsmouth until 1909.

thumb|left|Aerial photograph showing the blockships sunk after the Zeebrugge Raid. HMS ''Intrepid'' is on the far left. Along with a number of other ships of her class, as she became obsolete as a cruiser she was converted at Chatham Dockyard into a minelayer, carrying 100 mines and with armament reduced to four 4.7-inch guns. In 1910 she recommissioned at Chatham. On the outbreak of the First World War ''Intrepid'' was based at Dover, undertaking minelaying duties as part of the Dover Patrol.

{{stack|thumb|Wrecks of HMS ''Iphigenia'' and ''Intrepid'' blocking the mouth of the Bruges Ship Canal at Zeebrugge, 24 October 1918}} In 1915–16 she became a depot ship, North Russia. In 1917 she was in use as a depot ship in the White Sea as part of the British North Russia Squadron.<ref>Ship's Log, The National Archives (TNA), 7 August 1916, ADM 53/44866</ref> Along with {{HMS|Iphigenia|1891|6}} and {{HMS|Thetis|1890|6}}, she was selected to be used as a blockship during the Zeebrugge Raid. She was prepared for the raid by being filled with cement. She was sunk at the entrance to the Bruges Canal to try to prevent its use by German U-boats.<ref>{{cite book|title=Monograph No. 18: The Dover Command: Vol I|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume=VI|year=1922|publisher=The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.VI_opt.pdf}}</ref> She was subsequently broken up when the canal was cleared.

==References== {{reflist}}

==Publications== * {{cite book |last=Bacon |first=Reginald |author-link=Reginald Bacon |title=The Dover Patrol 1915-1917 |url=https://archive.org/details/doverpatrol00bacogoog |year=1919 |others=(2 vols.) |publisher=George H. Doran Co. |location=New York}}&nbsp;[https://archive.org/stream/doverpatrol01bacogoog#page/n6/mode/2up Vol. 1] • [https://archive.org/stream/doverpatrol00bacogoog#page/n10/mode/2up Vol. 2] * {{Colledge: Ships RN|year=2006}} * {{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal |title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location= London| isbn=0-85177-245-5}}

==External links== *[http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/I/02440.html HMS ''Intrepid''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810145215/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/I/02440.html |date=10 August 2017 }}, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels *[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Intrepid.htm HMS ''Intrepid''] at Naval-History.net

{{Apollo class cruisers}}

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