HMS Cambrian (1916)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Cambrian |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dock |
| Laid down: | December 8, 1914 |
| Launched: | March 3, 1916 |
| Commissioned: | May 1916 |
| Fate: | Broken up July 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 3,750 tons |
| Length: | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Beam: | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two Parsons turbines Eight Yarrow boilers Four screws 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots (53 km/h) |
| Range: | carried 420 tons (841 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 323 |
| Armament: | 4 × 6 inch guns 1 × 4 inch gun 2 × 3 inch guns 2 × 2 pounder (907g) guns 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 3 inch side (amidships) 2¼-1½ inch side (bows) 2½ - 2 inch side (stern) 1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1 inch deck over rudder |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cambrian.
HMS Cambrian was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was the name ship of the Cambrian group of the C-class of cruisers.
She was laid down on December 1914, launched March 3, 1916 and commissioned into the navy in May 1916. She was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She had a relatively quiet wartime career, and survived the war. She was considered obsolete before the Second World War, and was sold on July 28, 1934 to Metal Industries, of Rosyth to be broken up for scrap.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
- Ships of the Cambrian class
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