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Undaunted

HMS Undaunted

Survived

Royal Navy

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

Led the destroyers that sank four German torpedo boats off Texel in October 1914. Harwich Force cruiser at Dogger Bank.

Aerial photograph of British light cruiser HMS Undaunted (1914). Photo: Naval Intelligence Dept, UK., 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)
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down21 December 1912
Launched28 April 1914
CommissionedAugust 1914
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

28 April 1914

24 January 1915

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 9 April 1923