Ship Class: HMS Edinburgh

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Ship Class	HMS Edinburgh


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Ship	HMS Belfast HMS Edinburgh
Ship Type	Cruiser
Cruiser Type	Light

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1936 Dec 10	1971 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	10 549ton	186.99m	19.3m	6.48m	781	1 562

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	4	80 000hp	32.5kt	Steam Turbine	4

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	2 260ton	8 000mile	14kt	20.69day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Governed By Treaty Category	4) 1: Improve Ship Class	5) 4: as Class Improvement	6) 1: Armour	7) 1: Machinery	8) 1: Armament
	Goodall Sir Stanley	1930 London, Cruiser Light	HMS Southampton	N	1 278ton	1 498ton	1 861ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 1: As Built Armour	6) 1: Installed With Sensor	7) 6:	8) 6:Image	9) 6: Mount Radar	10) 9:Image
	Gun 2 X BR 2pdr Mark V Or VI Eight	BR 2pdr Mark V Or VI Eight		4in Turret \| 4.5in Belt \| 3in Deck	BR, Director, Main Cruiser Mark ?			BR, Radar, Type 284
	Gun 4 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple	BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple
	Gun 6 X BR 4in 45cal Mk XVI Twin	BR 4in 45cal Mk XVI Twin
	Gun 2 X BR 0.5in MG Quad	BR 0.5in MG Quad

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
	2	Harland And Wolff Ltd Swan Hunter	2 150 000	200.6	4 300 000

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	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	1943 12 26 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of The Scharnhorst North Cape, North Atlantic	1939-Dec-01 HMS Belfast - BR Rosyth 1939-Dec-01 HMS Southampton - HMS Glasgow - HMS Edinburgh - RN 2nd Cruiser Squadron 1945-Jan-01 HMS Sussex - HMS Birmingham - HMS Glasgow - HMS Belfast - HMS Dido - HMS Bellona - HMS Diadem - HMS Mauritius - HMS Jamaica - HMS Bermuda - HMS Apollo - RN 10th Cruiser Squadron

Documents
1) Covered By