HMS Southampton (1912)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | Clydebank |
| Laid down: | April 1911 |
| Launched: | 11th May 1912 |
| Commissioned: | February 1915 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sold 13th July 1926 |
| Struck: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,400 tons |
| Length: | 430 ft 457 ft overall |
| Beam: | 49 ft 10 in |
| Draught: | 17 ft 8 in (maximum) |
| Propulsion & power: | Yarrow boilers, Curtis turbines, coal and oil fuels |
| Speed: | 25,000 shp = 25.5 kt. Trials:26,006 shp = 26.5 kt |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 429 to 440 men |
| Armament: | 8 × 6", 1 × 3" Anti-aircraft, 4 × 3 pdr Torpedo tubes:2 × 21" submerged |
| Aircraft: | |
| Motto: | |
| Badge: | |
HMS Southampton was a Royal Navy warship that served in the First World War. See HMS Southampton for other ships with the same name.
Southampton was one of the third batch of "Town" class light cruisers, its sister ships were HMS Dublin and HMS Chatham. The first three "Town" ships of the Royal Australian Navy (HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, and HMAS Brisbane) were virtually identical. She differed from her sisters, having different machinery.
Chatham had two screws. The sister ships, with Parsons turbines, had four screws.
Southampton was present at the Battle of Jutland as flagship of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron, flying the flag of Commodore Goodenough.
[edit] Source
- Jane's Fighting Ships
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
| Town-class cruiser |
| Royal Navy |
| Bristol class |
| Bristol |Glasgow | Gloucester | Liverpool | Newcastle |
| Weymouth class |
| Weymouth | Yarmouth | Dartmouth | | Falmouth |
| Chatham class |
| Chatham | Dublin | Southampton |
| Birmingham class |
| Birmingham | Lowestoft | Nottingham |
| Birkenhead class |
| Birkenhead | Chester |
| Royal Australian Navy |
| Chatham class |
| Brisbane | Melbourne | Sydney |
| Birmingham class |
| Adelaide |
| List of cruisers of the Royal Navy |
