HMS Cambrian (1916)
.jpg) HMS Cambrian during World War I. | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Cambrian |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Wales |
| Laid down: | 8 December 1914 |
| Launched: | 3 March 1916 |
| Completed: | May 1916 |
| Commissioned: | May 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | June 1924 |
| Recommissioned: | 1926 |
| Decommissioned: | November 1929 |
| Recommissioned: | March 1931 |
| Decommissioned: | July 1933 |
| Fate: | Sold 28 July 1934 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,750 long tons (3,810 t) |
| Length: | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 6 in (12.65 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power: | 40,000 shp (29,830 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Parsons steam turbines 8 × Yarrow boilers 4 × shafts |
| Speed: | 28.5 kn (32.8 mph; 52.8 km/h) |
| Capacity: | Fuel oil: 420 short tons (380 t) (841 short tons (763 t) maximum) |
| Complement: | 323 |
| Armament: | 4 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns 1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V gun 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × QF 2-pounder guns 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 3 in (7.6 cm) side (amidships) 1.5–2.5 in (3.8–6.4 cm) side (bows) 2–2.5 in (5.1–6.4 cm) side (stern) 1 in (2.5 cm) upper decks (amidships) 1 in (2.5 cm) deck over rudder |
The fourth HMS Cambrian was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. She was the name ship of the Cambrian group of the C class.
Construction
Built by Pembroke Dockyard in Pembroke Dock, Wales, Cambrian was laid down on 8 December 1914, launched on 3 March 1916, and completed in May 1916.[1]
Service history
World War I
Cambrian was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy in May 1916. She was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet in which she served through the end of World War I and until 1919.[1]
Postwar
In 1919, Cambrian was reassigned to the North American and West Indies Station, where she served until 1922. She was part of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet from August 1922 until June 1924, and during this time operated in support of British interests during the Turkish Crisis of 1922-1923.[1]
In June 1924, Cambrian was decommissioned and placed under dockyard control for a refit that lasted into 1926, when she was recommissioned to serve in the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron until 1929. After transporting troops to China in 1929, she was decommissioned in November 1929 and entered the Nore Reserve. She was recommissioned as the flagship of the Nore Reserve in March 1931, then was decommissioned in July 1933 and placed under dockyard control at Sheerness.[1]
Disposal
Cambrian was sold on 28 July 1934 to Metal Industries of Rosyth, Scotland, to be scrapped.
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
- Ships of the Cambrian class
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