As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919
1914 British Light Cruisers
(Cambrian Class - First Two Ships.)
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CALLIOPE (Dec. 17th, 1914), CHAMPION (May 29th, 1915).
CALLIOPE. Photo, Topical.
- Displacement, 3750 tons.
- Complement, 324.
- Length, 420 (p.p.), 446 (o.a.) feet., Beam, 41.5 feet. Draught mean 14.5 feet. Draught max. 16 feet.
- Guns: Calliope: 4 - 6 inch (Dir. Con.); 2 - 3 inch AA. 1 M.G.
- Torpedo tubes: Calliope: 2 - 21 inch* submerged *4 - 21 inch above water reported added 1919.
- Guns: Champion: 4 - 6 inch (Dir. Con.) 1 - 4 inch AA. 1 - 3 pdr. AA.
- Torpedo tubes: Champion: 6 - 21 inch above water.
- Armour (H.T.) : 4" Side (amidships); 2.25" - 1.5" Forward; 2.5" - 2" Aft; 1" Deck (amidships); 1" Deck over rudder hd. (Hadfield); ((6" C.T & 2" Tube) removed ?)
- Plans generally same as Cambrian class on another page.
- Ahead: 1 - 6 in. ; Broadside: 4 - 6 in. (- 21 in tubes) ; Astern 2 - 6 in.
- Machinery: Turbines (all-geared), Parsons. Screws: 4 in Calliope, 2 in Champion. Designed S.H.P. in Calliope, 37,500 ; in Champion, 40,000 = 28-5 kts. in both ships. Boilers : 8 Yarrow.
- Fuel (oil only): 405 tons, normal; maximum, 772 tons.
| Name |
Builder |
Machinery |
Laid down |
Completed |
First trials: |
Turbines |
Boilers |
Best
Recent
speed |
|
Calliope |
Chatham |
Parsons |
Jan. '14 |
June '15 |
30,917 = 28 |
Parsons A. G. |
Yarrow |
- |
| Champion |
Hawthorn |
Hawthorn |
Mar., 9 '14 |
Dec., 20 '15 |
{30,290 =
{41,000 = 29 |
General Notes.- Begun under 1913-14 Estimates, with 6 Caroline class, on next page. Same hull, &c but all-geared turbines adopted. Also carry less oil fuel, have thicker side plating, and - of course - one funnel less.
Note: Calliope very badly damaged by oil fuel fire at sea, November, 1919. If not scrapped, she will require extensive re-construction before she can return to service.
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - Page 81
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