Ship Class: HMS Chester

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Ship Class	HMS Chester

Image
Ship	HMS Birkenhead 1914 HMS Chester 1914
Ship Type	Cruiser
Cruiser Type	Light

	Summary
	Ordered by Greece but requisitioned by Great Britain.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1914 Mar 21	1921 Nov 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	5 200ton	137.16m	15.189m	4.724m	450	900

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	4	31 000hp	26.5kt	Steam Turbine	12

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage
	1 172ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Improve Ship Class	4) 3: as Class Improvement
	D'Eyncourt Sir E Tennyson	GRC Katsonis	N

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Torpedo Model	6) 1: As Built Armour
	Gun 10 X BR 5.5in CP II Single	BR 5.5in CP II Single			4in Conning Tower \| 2in Belt \| 1.5in Deck
	Gun 1 X BR 3in 45cal 12pdr 20cwt QF HA Mark I Single	BR 3in 45cal 12pdr 20cwt QF HA Mark I Single
	Gun 2 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 21in Mark II			BR 21in Mark II

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	2	Cammell Laird And Co Ltd

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

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2:Document Reference Attribute	4) 2: Page Number	5) 4: as
Warrior To Dreadnought	[More]	Picture \| Reference In Text	64	N

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