| Career | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Town-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Lowestoft |
| Ordered: | under 1911 Naval Estimates |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 29 July 1912 |
| Launched: | 23 April 1913 |
| Commissioned: | April 1914 |
| Fate: | Sold 8 January 1931 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,440 long tons (5,530 t) |
| Length: | 457 ft (139 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
| Installed power: | 25,000 shp (19,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Parsons steam turbines 12 × Yarrow boilers 4 × shafts |
| Speed: | 25.5 knots (29 mph; 47 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,680 nmi (5,390 mi; 8,670 km)10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity: | Coal: 1,165 short tons (1,057 t) (maximum) Fuel oil: 235 short tons (213 t) |
| Complement: | 433 |
| Armament: | 9 × BL 6 in (150 mm) Mk XII guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun 4 × QF 3-pounder guns 2 × machine guns 2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 3 inch side amidships 1½ inch side (forward) 1¾ inch side (aft) |
HMS Lowestoft was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 23 April 1913 from Chatham Dockyard. She was part of the Birmingham subgroup.
She was initially assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and in August 1914 she sank a German merchant ship. On 28 August 1914, she participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and on 24 January 1915 Lowestoft took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank. In February 1915, she was reassigned to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, and in 1916 reassigned again to the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron, operating in the Mediterranean. She survived the war and was sold for scrapping on 8 January 1931 to Ward, of Milford Haven.
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