| Career | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Concord |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1915 |
| Launched: | 1 April 1916 |
| Commissioned: | December 1916 |
| Fate: | Broken up for scrap September 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 3,750 tons |
| Length: | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 14.6 ft (4.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons turbines Eight Yarrow boilers Four propellers 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots |
| Range: | carried 300 tons (824 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 329-336 |
| Armament: | 5 × 6 inch (152 mm) guns 2 × 3 inch (76 mm) guns 2 × 2 pounder (907g) guns 1 × machine gun 2 × 21 inch torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 3 inch side (amidships) 2¼-1¼ inch side (bows) 2-2½ inch side (stern) 1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1 inch deck over rudder |
HMS Concord was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Centaur group of the C-class of cruisers.
She was built by Vickers Limited and laid down in February 1915, launched on 1 April 1916 and commissioned into the Navy in December 1916. The Ottoman Empire had ordered a pair of scout cruisers in 1914. When the First World War started, construction was halted. A considerable amount of material had already been prepared, and much of this was used in the construction of HMS Concord, and her sister HMS Centaur.
Upon being commissioned into the Navy, Concord was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Flotilla, which operated with the Harwich Force to defend the Eastern approaches to the English Channel for the entire duration of the war. After the death of the exiled Portuguese King Manuel II of Portugal, HMS Concord was given the task of transporting the coffin of the former King to Lisbon on 2 August 1932, soon after she was considered obsolete and was sold for scrapping. She arrived at the yards of Metal Industries, of Rosyth, on 16 September 1935 to be broken up.
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