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Liverpool

HMS Liverpool

Survived

Royal Navy

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

Fought at Heligoland Bight.

Cruiser HMS Liverpool The Royal Navy in the First World War Photo: Ernest Hopkins, 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 (457 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: .75–2 in (19–51 mm)
  • Conning tower: 6 in (150 mm)
BuilderVickers Limited
Laid down17 February 1909
Launched30 October 1909
CommissionedOctober 1910
Displacement4,800 long tons (4,900 t)
Length430 ft (131.1 m) p/p 453 ft (138.1 m) o/a
Speed25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement480

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

Career

Launched

30 October 1909

Battle of Heligoland Bight
Survived

28 August 1914

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 8 November 1921