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Fearless

HMS Fearless

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeLight cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns10 × single BL 4-inch (102 mm) guns

Led the 1st Destroyer Flotilla at Heligoland Bight.

HMS FEARLESS Photo: Symonds & Co, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 10 × single BL 4-inch (102 mm) guns
  • 4 × single QF 3-pounder 1.9 in (47 mm) guns
  • 2 × single 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: 0.5–1 in (13–25 mm)
  • Conning tower: 4 in (102 mm)
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid down15 November 1911
Launched12 June 1912
CommissionedOctober 1913
Displacement3,340 long tons (3,390 t) (normal)
Length405 ft (123.4 m) (o/a)
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement293

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

Career

Launched

12 June 1912

28 August 1914

31 May – 1 June 1916

1st Flotilla leader

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 8 November 1921