CHAMPION

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Light Cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

C-class (Calliope group)

Grouping

13th Destroyer Flotilla

Command

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Builder's Yard

Hawthorne Leslie and Co.

Budget Year

1913 Naval Estimates

Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

09.03.1914

Launch Date

29.05.1915

Completed date

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Commission date

20.12.1915

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

1915 (Dec)

Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Public Domain. Surgeon Oscar Parkes - This is photograph SP 1800 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-01)

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Scrapped 1934

Jutland result

Served at Jutland as the Flagship of Commodore (D).

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain J U Farie

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

324

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

3,750

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

446'

Length (mtrs)

136

Beam (ft)

41' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

12.6

Draught (ft)

14' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

4.4

Max. Speed (knots)

28.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

Two Parsons turbines running two shafts powered by 8 Yarrow boilers. Rated at 40,000 shp

Armour Main Belt

4" midships

Deck Armour

1" upper), 1" over rudder

Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 6" (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

4

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

One QF 4" (101.6 mm) Mk V AA guns, one 3 pdr gun

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

6

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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