HMS Prince Eugene was a Lord Clive-class monitor constructed for the Royal Navy in 1915, designed primarily for shore bombardment during World War I. This vessel measured approximately 335 feet 6 inches (102.3 meters) in overall length, with a maximum beam of 87 feet 2 inches (26.6 meters) and a deep draught of 9 feet 10 inches (3 meters). To enhance stability, she featured 15-foot (4.6-meter) torpedo bulges along her hull. Displacing around 5,850 long tons (5,940 metric tons) at deep load, she had a crew complement of 12 officers and 182 ratings. Power was supplied by two four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines—each driving a propeller shaft—using steam from two coal-fired water-tube boilers. The engines produced about 2,500 indicated horsepower, though her actual maximum speed was approximately 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h), slower than the designed 10 knots. Her range was about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km) at a cruising speed of 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h). Armament comprised a pair of 12-inch (305 mm) Mk VIII guns in a single twin turret, notably utilizing the turret from the older battleship HMS Hannibal. For anti-aircraft defense, she was equipped with a 3-inch (76 mm) gun and a 2-pounder (40 mm) gun mounted on high-angle mounts. During a refit from December 1918 to March 1919, Prince Eugene was modified to potentially carry an 18-inch (457 mm) gun aft of her funnel; however, due to delays, this mount was not installed before the end of the war. Laid down on 1 February 1915 at Harland & Wolff’s Govan yard, she was launched on 14 July 1915 and commissioned on 2 September of the same year. She served in the Dover Patrol throughout WWI, providing shore bombardment support and covering the Inshore Squadron during the First Ostend Raid. Following the war, she was decommissioned in early 1919 and sold for scrap in 1921, arriving at Preston scrapyard in 1923 for dismantling. HMS Prince Eugene remains notable as the only Royal Navy vessel named after Prince Eugene of Savoy.

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