HMS Constance (1915)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Constance |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 25 January 1915 |
| Launched: | 12 November 1915 |
| Commissioned: | January 1916 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap June 8, 1936 |
| 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 Constance.
HMS Constance was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C-class of cruisers.
She was laid down in January 1915, launched November 12 1915 and commissioned into the navy in January 1916. She was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. During her service with the Grand Fleet she took part in the Battle of Jutland on May 31 to June 1, 1916, with her sisters HMS Canterbury and HMS Castor. Constance survived the war and was considered obsolete before the Second World War. She was sold on June 8, 1936 to Arnott Young, of Dalmuir 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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