FALMOUTH

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Light cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Weymouth class

Grouping

3rd Light Cruiser Squadron

Command

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Builder's Yard

Beardmore (Clyde)

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

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Completed date

1911

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

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

1916 torpedoed

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain John D. Edwards (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Napier, M.V.O.)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

475 - 540

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)

5,250

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

453'

Length (mtrs)

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Beam (ft)

48' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

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Draught (ft)

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Draught (mtrs)

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Max. Speed (knots)

25.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

4 screw turbines with 23,500 hp

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

3/4" to 2"

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

Torpedoed in september 1916 four times by U.66 and U.63 in the North Sea

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

8 x 6"

Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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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

175

Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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