HMS Amphion

HMS Amphion was an Active-class scout cruiser built for the Royal Navy before the First World War. Completed in 1913, she was initially assigned to the First Fleet and became a destroyer flotilla leader in mid-1914. When the war began, her flotilla was assigned to the Harwich Force. While patrolling on the first full day of the war, Amphion and her destroyers encountered and sank a German minelayer, SMS Königin Luise, but not before she had laid many of her mines. While returning from patrolling the following morning, Amphion struck a mine on 6 August 1914 off the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of 132 crewmen killed. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the First World War. The wreck site is protected and may not be dived upon without permission from the Ministry of Defence.

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1913  Wikimedia, Wikidata
speed 25 knot, 
shipwreck, scout cruiser, Active-class scout cruiser, Royal Navy, Pembroke Dockyard, 

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Location: 52.1833, 2.6, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1913 HMS Amphion

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Frameless

The English cruiser HMS Amphion strikes a mine in the Thames estuary 1914

The British Cruiser HMS Amphion Going Down After Hitting a German Mine 6 August 1914 North Sea

Scout cruiser HMS Amphion - IWM Q 75415

HMS Amphion (1911)

The English cruiser HMS Amphion strikes a mine in the Thames estuary 1914

Capt. Cecil H. Fox LCCN2014703630

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1913	HMS Amphion	shipwreck, scout cruiser, Active-class scout cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		The English cruiser HMS Amphion strikes a mine in the Thames estuary 1914		Commons
commons	image		The British Cruiser HMS Amphion Going Down After Hitting a German Mine 6 August 1914 North Sea		Commons
commons	image		Scout cruiser HMS Amphion - IWM Q 75415		Commons
commons	image		HMS Amphion (1911)		Commons
commons	image		The English cruiser HMS Amphion strikes a mine in the Thames estuary 1914		Commons
commons	image		Capt. Cecil H. Fox LCCN2014703630		Commons