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Royalist

HMS Royalist

Survived

Royal Navy

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

Fought at Jutland and the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight.

Light cruiser HMS Royalist 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
  • 6 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns
  • 1 × single 3-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) AA gun
  • 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm)
  • Deck: 1 in (25 mm)
BuilderWilliam Beardmore and Company
Laid down3 June 1913
Launched14 January 1915
CommissionedMarch 1915
Displacement3,512 long tons (3,568 t)
Length436 ft (132.9 m) (o/a)
Speed28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement270

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

Career

Launched

14 January 1915

Battle of Jutland
Survived

31 May – 1 June 1916

Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
Survived

17 November 1917

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 24 August 1922