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Dartmouth

HMS Dartmouth

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeLight cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns8 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns

Torpedoed by UC-25 at the Strait of Otranto in 1917 but got home.

British light cruiser HMS DARTMOUTH. Photo: Symonds & Co, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 8 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 4 × single 3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns
  • 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: .75–2 in (19–51 mm)
  • Conning tower: 4 in (102 mm)
BuilderVickers
Laid down19 February 1910
Launched14 February 1911
Commissioned16 October 1911
Displacement5,275 long tons (5,360 t)
Length430 ft (131.1 m) p/p 453 ft (138.1 m) o/a
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement475

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

14 February 1911

15 May 1917

Torpedoed by UC-25

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 13 December 1930