As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919
2 British Light Cruisers
(Chatham Class-later Ships.)
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BIRMINGHAM (May, 1913), LOWESTOFT (April, 1913).
BIRMINGHAM Photo B.H. Pidcock
- Displacement, 5440 tons.
- Complement, 433.
- Length (p.p.) 430 Feet. Beam 49' 10" Mean draught, 15.75 feet. Max Draught 17.5 feet. Length over all, 457 feet.
- Guns: 9 - 6 inch (Dir. Con.) ; 1 - 3 inch anti-aircraft ; 4 - 3 pdr.; 2 machine
- Torpedo tubes (21 inch): 2 submerged
- Armour : 2" Deck on slopes ; 3" Side (amidships)
- C.T. may have been replaced aeroplane platform.
- Machinery: Parsons turbine. Boilers: 12 Yarrow. Designed H.P. 25,000 = 25.5 kts.
- Coal: normal ______tons ; maximum, 1165 tons + 235 tons oil = 4680 miles at 10 kts.
| Name |
Builder |
Machinery |
Laid down |
Completed |
Trials:
Full power. |
Boilers |
Best recent speed |
| Birmingham |
Elswick |
Hawthorn |
June '12 |
Jan. '14 |
26,519=25.5 |
Yarrow |
23 |
| Lowestoft |
Chatham Y. |
Fairfield |
July, '12 |
Apr. '14 |
26,350=25.6 |
Yarrow |
24 |
Belong to 1911 Estimates. Average cost of above two ships £356,768. Nottingham of this class sunk in the War.
Following Notes also for Southampton Dublin and Chatham (next page):
Armour Notes.- Vertical side plating from 2 ft. 7 in. below w.l. to (a) upper deck amidships, (b) 3 ft. below upper deck fore and aft. Armour is really 2" nickel amidships, 1" forward and aft, but side plating is added for total thicknesses given.
Machinery Notes.- Impulse reaction turbine., viz. on each shaft, one ahead impulse turbine plus an ahead reaction turbine, an impulse astern turbine and an astern reaction turbine.
Ahead 2 to 4 - 6 in. ; Broadside 5 - 6in. 1 - 21 in. tube ; Astern: 3 to 5 - 6 in.
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - Page 84
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