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Falmouth

HMS Falmouth

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassTown
WarFirst World War
Main guns8 × 6″ guns

Fought at Heligoland Bight and Jutland. Torpedoed by U-boats off Flamborough Head in August 1916.

Cruiser HMS Falmouth The Royal Navy in the First World War Photo: Ernest Hopkins, 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)
BuilderWilliam Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Laid down21 February 1910
Launched20 September 1910
CommissionedSeptember 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

20 September 1910

Battle of Heligoland Bight
Survived

28 August 1914

Battle of Jutland
Survived

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Sunk

Sunk, 20 August 1916