NOTE:- All old Light Cruisers given below assigned to Special Service, 1919, but will only serve for Harbour Duties. Fighting value nil. Ships deleted since last Edition are for sale.

(TOPAZE CLASS.)

TOPAZE (July, 1903), AMETHYST (Nov., 1903).

• Displacement, 3000 tons.
• Complement, 290 - 300.
• Dimensions: 360 x 40 x 14.5 feet (mean, draught).
• Guns: Topaze, 12 - 4 inch, 1 - 6 pdr. AA., 2 - 3 pdr. AA., 1 - 6 pdr., 3 M.G. ; Amethyst, 2 - 6 inch, 8 - 4 inch, 2 - 3 pdr., 3 M.G. Torpedo tubes (18 inch): 2 above water.
• Armour (steel) : 2" Deck.
• Machinery: 2 sets triple expansion, except Amethyst, Parsons turbine. 2 screws.
• Boilers : Normand-Laird in Topaze, Yarrow in Amethyst. Max.
• H.P. Topaze, 9800 = 22 .2 kts. Amethyst, 12,000 = 23.4 kts. nominal.
• Coal : normal, 300 tons; maximum, 750 tons.
• Built under 1902 - 3 Estimates.

HYACINTH. As Highflyer above

Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 - Page 89

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