As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919
British Light Cruisers 1914-15
Cambrian Class - Later 4 Ships
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CAMBRIAN (3rd March, 1916), CANTERBURY, (21st Dec., 1915), CASTOR (28th July, 1915), CONSTANCE 12th Sept., 1915).
Image: Very like Champion, and Calliope, v. illustration of Calliope on a later page.
- Displacement, 3750 tons.
- Complement, 323.
- Length, (p.p.) 420, (o.a.) 446 feet. Beam, 41.5 feet. Draught, 16.25 feet max, 14' 10" mean.
- Guns: 4 - 6 inch, 50 cal. (Dir. Con.); 1 - 4 inch AA. (Canterbury); 2 - 3 inch AA. (other ships) ; 2 - 2 pdr. pom-poms;
- Torpedo tubes (21 inch); 6 above water (Canterbury); 4 above water (other ships)
- Armour (H.T. and Harvey): 3" side (amidships); 2.25" - 1.5" Side (bow); 2.50" - 2" Side (aft); 1" Deck (amidships); 1" Deck over rudder; 6" C.T. (Removed from some). ; 4" Tube (Removed from some).
- Machinery: Turbines, as Notes. 4 screws. Boilers: 8 Yarrow in all. Designed S.H.P. 40,000 = 28.5 kts.
- Fuel: (oil only): normal, 420 tons; maximum, 841 tons.
Ahead: 1 - 6 in. ; Broadside: 4 - 6 in. (2 or 3 - 21 in T.T. ?). ; Astern 2 - 6 in.
| Name |
Builder |
Machinery |
Begun |
Completed |
Trials: |
Turbines |
| |
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|
|
|
H.P. |
kts. |
|
| Cambrian |
Pembroke |
Cammell Laird |
Dec., 1914 |
May, 1916 |
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- |
Parsons I.R. |
| Canterbury |
Clydebank |
Clydebank |
Oct.14, '14 |
May, 1916 |
40,100= |
|
Brown-Curtis |
| Castor |
Cammell Laird |
Cammell Laird |
Oct.28,'14 |
Nov., 1915 |
42,337= |
|
Parsons I.R. |
| Constance |
Cammell Laird |
Cammell Laird |
Jan. 25, '15 |
Jan., 1916 |
41,892= |
|
Parsons I.R. |
General Notes: Begun under 1914-15 Estimates. Design generally same as Champion and Calliope. Castor flies broad pennant of Commodore (D).
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Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - Page 79
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