Fleet
Royal Navy
Ship Type
Light Cruiser
Nickname
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Ship Class
Birmingham Class (Town class)
Grouping
2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, leader Southampton (Goodenough)
Command
Battle-Cruiser Fleet
Builder's Yard
Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Budget Year
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Construction Notes
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Date Laid Down
10.06.1912
Launch Date
07.05.1913
Completed date
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Commission date
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Year laid down
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Year launched
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Year completed
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Commission Year
1914 (Feb)
Pennant No
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Photo Details
Public Domain. Photographer not identified - This is photograph SP 1812 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
Sold for scrap 1933
Jutland result
Heavy damage sustained during the night fighting at Jutland.
Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Captain Arthur A. M. Dull
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
433
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)
5,530
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
457'
Length (mtrs)
193.3
Beam (ft)
50
Beam (mtrs)
15.2
Draught (ft)
15' 9"
Draught (mtrs)
4.8
Max. Speed (knots)
25.5
Range (miles)
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Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
Coal. 1,051 tons plus 213 tons oil
Propulsion
4 shafts, powered by four Parsons steam turbines and 12 Yarrow boilers.
Armour Main Belt
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Deck Armour
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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 mm) Mk XII guns
Guns (No.barrels) 2
9
Rounds per secondary
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Other Armament
One 3" (76 mm) AA gun, Four Single 47 mm (1.9”) 3-pdr guns and two machine guns
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
2
Torpedo Type MM
530 mm
No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
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References & sources
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