SOUTHAMPTON

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Light Cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Town class (Chatham sub-class)

Grouping

2nd Light Cruiser Squadron

Command

Battle-cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Vickers Maxim, Barrow

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

6 April 1911

Launch Date

16 May 1912

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

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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

Sold, 13 July 1926

Jutland result

Served as the flagship of 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron. During the battle she relayed back the vital intelligence to Beatty that 16 German dreadnoughts had been spotted. This caused Beatty to reverse course and start the run to the North whoch eventually brought Hipper and Scheer to Jellicoe's main battle fleet. In the later actions she torpedoed the German light cruiser SMS Frauenlob (she sank later). Took 18 x 4.1" hits and 2 x 5" during the battle.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Commodore William E. "Barge" Goodenough, M.V.O., A.D.C.

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

29

Wounded

60

Prisoners

89

Displacement full Load (tons)

5,400 long tons

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

430 ft P.P. (457 ft O.A.)

Length (mtrs)

131.1 (139.3 OA)

Beam (ft)

49 ft

Beam (mtrs)

14.9

Draught (ft)

16 average

Draught (mtrs)

4.9

Max. Speed (knots)

25.5

Range (miles)

5,130 (4,460 NM) at 10 knots

Range (kilometres)

8,260 at 10 knots

Fuel

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Propulsion

2 shaft, Parsons steam turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers giving 25,000m hp.

Armour Main Belt

2" at waterline

Deck Armour

0.375 – 1.5"

Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

4"

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

8 x single BL 6" Mk XI guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

4 single QF 3 pdr

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

155

Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

A very good read of Southampton's role at Jutland can be found in "A Naval Lieutenant 1914-1918" written by "Etienne" Methuen, 1919.