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HMS Kent
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HMAS Australia
HMS Berwick
HMAS Canberra
HMS Cornwall
HMS Cumberland
HMS Kent
HMS Suffolk
Ship Type
Cruiser
Cruiser Type
Heavy
Ship Classes
1)
2) 1:
Developed By
Country
3) 2:
Flag
4) 1:
First Laid Down
5) 1:
Last Disposed
Great Britain
1924 Jul 30
1959 Jan 01
Ship Classes
Standard Displacement
Length Overall
Beam
Draught
Complement
Class Complement
10 900ton
192.02m
20.85m
6.24m
784
5 488
Ship Classes
Shafts
Main Engines
Max Speed
Machinery Type
Boilers
Boiler Pressure
4
80 000hp
31.5kt
Steam Turbine
8
250psi
Ship Classes
Bunkerage
Range
Cruising
Cruising Endurance
3 200ton
9 350mile
12kt
28.212day
Ship Classes
1)
2) 1:
Designed By
3) 1:
Governed By
Treaty Category
4) 1:
Improved In
Ship Class
5) 4:
as
Class Improvement
6) 1:
Armour
7) 1:
Machinery
8) 1:
Armament
D'Eyncourt Sir E Tennyson
1922 Washington, Cruiser
HMS London
N
1 025ton
1 800ton
985ton
SNS Canarias
N
Ship Classes
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2) 1:
As Built
Armament
3) 2:
Turret Model
4) 3:
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5) 2:
Torpedo Model
6) 1:
As Built
Armour
Torpedo 8 X BR 21in Mark VII
BR 21in Mark VII
1in Turret
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4.38in Magazine Box
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1in Belt
Gun 4 X BR 8in Mk I Twin
BR 8in Mk I Twin
Gun 4 X BR 4in 45cal QF Mk V Single
BR 4in 45cal QF Mk V Single
Gun 4 X BR 2pdr Mk VIII Single
BR 2pdr Mk VIII Single
Ship Classes
Number In Class
Built By
Shipbuilder
Building Cost Per Ship
Pound Sterling
Building Cost Per Ship
Pounds Sterling Per Ton
Class Building Cost
Pound Sterling
7
Chatham Dockyard
Devonport Dockyard
Fairfield Shipbuilding And Engineering Ltd
John Brown At Clydebank
Portsmouth Dockyard
Vickers Armstrong At Barrow
1 970 000
177.9
13 790 000
Ship Classes
Potentially Involved In
Tension
Operated As
Formation
Involved In
Activity
Covered By
Assignment
1889 1946 Great Britain Germany
1917 1941 Great Britain Russia
1922 1944 Great Britain Italy
1935 1945 Great Britain Japan
RN 1st Cruiser Squadron
1940 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto
1940 11 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia
1941 05 24 0800 Surface Action Bismarck And Hood Iceland Europe
1942 05 07 0100 Battle Of The Coral Sea
1942 Aug 07 United States Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Tulagi, Solomon Islands
1942 08 09 0100 Surface Action First Battle Of Savo Island, Solomon Islands
1939-Dec-01 HMS Berwick - HMS Suffolk - HMS Devonshire - HMS Norfolk - RN 1st Cruiser Squadron
1939-Dec-01 HMS Cornwall - HMS Kent - HMS Dorsetshire - HMS Gloucester - HMAS Hobart - RN 5th Cruiser Squadron
1939-Dec-01 HMS Cumberland - RN Force H
1945-Jan-01 HMS Cumberland - HMS Suffolk - HMS London - HMS Newcastle - HMS Phoebe - HMS Euryalus - HMS Kenya - HMS Nigeria - RN 5th Cruiser Squadron
1945-Jan-01 HMS Kent - RN Reserve Fleet
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