As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919
1916 British Light Cruisers
(Ceres Class - 5 Ships.)
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CARDIFF (ex Caprice, 12th May, 1917), CERES (24th March, 1917), COVENTRY (ex Corsair, 6th July, 1917), CURACOA (5th May, 1917), CURLEW (5th July, 1917).
CURLEW. Photo, Seward, Weymouth.
- Displacement, 4190 tons.
- Complement, 327.
- Length p.p. 425, o.a. 450 feet; Beam, 43.5 feet. Draught, mean 14 feet. max. 16.25 feet.
- Guns: 5 - 6 inch, 50 cal. (Dir. Con.) ; 2 - 3 inch A.A. ; 4 - 3 pdr. ; 1 M.G.
- Torpedo Tubes (21 inch): 8 above water in 4 double mountings.
- Armour (H.T.): 3" Side (amidships) ; 2.5" - 1.5" Side (bow) ; 2" side (stern) ; 1" Upper decks (amids.) ; 1" Deck over rudder. (Harvey or Hadfield) ; 3" C.T. ; __ Tube
- Machinery: Turbines (all-geared), see Table. 2 screws in all. Designed S.H.P. 40,000 = 29 kts. Boilers: Yarrow.
- Fuel (oil only): 300 tons, normal: maximum, 950 tons.
COVENTRY Photo, Messrs. Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Builders.
|
Name |
Builder |
Machinery |
Begun |
Completed |
Trials
H.P. kts. |
Turbines |
|
Cardiff |
Fairfield |
Fairfield |
July, 1916 |
July, 1917 |
41,450=28.96 |
B.-Curt is A.G. |
|
Ceres |
Clydebank |
Clydebank |
Apr. 26, '16 |
June, 1917 |
39,425 = 29.1 |
B.-Curtis A.G.. |
|
Coventry |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend |
Aug., 1916 |
Feb., 1918 |
39,967 = |
B.-Curtis A.G. |
|
Curacoa |
Pembroke D.Y. |
Harland & Wolff |
July, 1916 |
Feb., 1918 |
40,428 = |
B.-Curtis A.G. |
|
Curlew |
Vickers |
Vickers |
Aug., 1916 |
Dec., 1917 |
40,240 = 28.07 |
Parsons A.G. |
General Notes: All Emergency War Programme ships, ordered April, 1916. Very wet forward, to remedy which defect the later Carlisle and Dragon classes were given " trawler " bows.
To distinguish From Dragon and " D " Cruisers: No 6 inch between foremast and first funnel. The same point separates this class from the Caledon class.
Ahead: 2 - 6 inch ; Broadside: 5 - 6 inch, 4 - 21 inch tubes ; Astern: 2 - 6 inch
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - Page 76
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