| Cruiser
("Southampton" class (first group)) |
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| Displacement |
9,100 tons (11,350 tons full load) |
| Dimensions |
558 (pp)/591.5 (oa) x
62.25 x ...d/17 (20 full load) feet |
| Machinery |
four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
(350lb/in2 & 250ºF), four shafts, Parsons SR geared turbines,
75,000 SHP = 32 (30.5 full load) knots |
| Bunkers & radius |
OF 2,075 tons, 6,000 nm @
14k |
| Armament |
12 (4x3) - 6 inch, 8
(4x2) - 4 inch AA, 8 (2x4) 2 pdr, 8 (2x4) - .5 inch AA machine guns, 6 (2x3) 21 inch TT;
2 aircraft & catapult |
| Complement |
750 men |
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| Builder (hull) |
Scotts (Greenock) |
| Builder (engine) |
Scotts (Greenock) |
| Laid down |
16.04.1935 |
| Launched |
20.06.1936 |
| Completed |
09.09.1937 |
| Fate |
sold to Hughes Bolckow
(1958), arriving at Blyth for scrapping (08.07.1958) |
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| Battle honours |
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