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Glasgow

HMS Glasgow

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeLight cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns

Escaped Coronel, fought at the Falklands, and helped corner Dresden in 1915.

The Royal Navy Before the First World War A starboard broadside view of HMS GLASGOW. Photo: Harry John Symonds, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 10 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns
  • 4 × 3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns
  • 2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: 0.75–2 in (19–51 mm)
  • Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan
Laid down25 March 1909
Launched30 September 1909
Displacement4,800 long tons (4,877 t)
Length430 ft (131.1 m) p/p 453 ft (138.1 m) o/a
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement480

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

Career

Launched

30 September 1909

Battle of Coronel
Escaped

1 November 1914

Battle of the Falkland Islands
Survived

8 December 1914

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 29 April 1927