Ship Class: HMS Kent

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Ship Class	HMS Kent


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Ship	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
	D'Eyncourt Sir E Tennyson	1922 Washington, Cruiser	SNS Canarias	N	1 025ton	1 800ton	985ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Torpedo Model	6) 1: As Built Armour
	Torpedo 8 X BR 21in Mark VII			BR 21in Mark VII	1in Turret \| 4.38in Magazine Box \| 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

Documents
1) Covered By Document