Ship Class: HMS Amethyst

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Ship Class	HMS Amethyst

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Ship	HMS Amethyst
Ship Type	Cruiser
Cruiser Type	Scout
Ship Class Attribute	Innovative

	Summary
	First cruiser with steam turbines.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1902 Aug 14	1921 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	3 050ton	113.7m	12.2m	4.4m	300	300

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	3	12 000hp	23.4kt	Steam Turbine	10

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	750ton	5 570mile	10kt	20.168day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Improve Ship Class	4) 3: as Class Improvement
	Watts Sir Phillip	HMS Gem	N

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 2:Torpedo Model	5) 1: As Built Armour
	Gun 12 X BR 4in 40cal QF Mark I And III PI Single	BR 4in 40cal QF Mark I And III PI Single		1in Turret \| 2in Deck \| 3in Conning Tower
	Gun 8 X BR 47mm 50cal 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I And II Single	BR 47mm 50cal 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I And II Single
	Torpedo 2 X BR 18in RGF Mark VI Fiume Mark III 1906		BR 18in RGF Mark VI Fiume Mark III 1906

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	1	Armstrong At Elswick

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension
	1859 1903 Great Britain France 1859 1905 Great Britain Russia 1889 1946 Great Britain Germany 1914 1922 Great Britain Turkey 1917 1941 Great Britain Russia

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