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spaces and there were "box citadels" protecting the magazines and shell rooms; 2.5-inch (64 mm) crowns and 4-inch (100 mm) sides, closed by 2.5-inch bulkheads. The aft box citadel had slightly reduced thicknesses at the ends and the citadel amidships had thinner armour as it lay within the confines of the armoured deck and side plating. There was a 1.5-inch (38 mm) arch over the steering gear closed by a 1-inch-thick forward bulkhead. The turrets and barbettes received only thin splinter plating, as did the
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superstructure, with the torpedoes a deck below. The 2-pounder guns were carried on the hangar roof and the multiple
Vickers guns mounted, one each, on the roofs of "B" and "X" turrets. A 3.5-inch (89 mm) belt, 8 feet (2.4 m) deep, was added abreast the machinery spaces, extending up to the armoured deck. However, the hull had originally been carefully designed to reduce weight based on the initial arrangements. The modifications to
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mounted on a distinctive lattice structure aft. Her anti-aircraft armaments were improved as for her sisters, but the multiple 2-pounders and their directors were carried aft, by the lattice structure. The naval historian H. Trevor Lenton estimates that despite the best attempts, none of these ships stayed within the treaty limits;
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s with minor alterations. The bridge and after superstructure were lowered. The 8-inch gun mountings were Mark II variants that simplified loading but ended up being heavier than the Mark I variant. The 4-inch guns were relocated forwards in order that they did not obstruct the catapult and aircraft
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had the aft superstructure razed and replaced by a large hangar for two aircraft and a fixed athwartships catapult. A crane was fitted on either side of the after funnel, and the rear gunnery, navigation and control positions were relocated to the hangar roof. The single 2-pounder guns were removed,
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s were due for modernisation. However, there was little surplus weight for the designers to work with while remaining within the Treaty requirements; they were between 150 and 250 tons under the treaty limits and it was estimated that a further 200-odd tons could be gained through various savings. A
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The initial design left little weight to distribute amongst protection. Thus, the traditional side-belt of armour was dispensed with and the 1-inch (25 mm) side plating was sufficient to only give protection against shell splinters. A 1.25-inch (32 mm) protective deck covered the machinery
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in a block. This advance considerably rationalised the separate armoured conning tower and myriad of decks and platforms of older designs. Moving the fire-control equipment from the mast negated the need for a heavy tripod and light pole masts sufficed for signalling yards and the spread of wireless
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Counties. The extra ship that this afforded was an attractive proposition for a navy that had the immense peacetime commitments of empire. Peacetime economies
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added heavy weights fore and aft and severely overstressed the hull. As a result cracks and loose rivets began to appear on the upper deck. The upper deck was reinforced, which caused the stress to be transmitted through the lower hull instead and cracks began to appear under the waterline. It took
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8-inch (203 mm) Mark VIII, were equally disposed in superfiring twin turrets fore and aft. The turret design was needlessly complicated by the original requirement that they should be capable of anti-aircraft fire and were thus provided with a maximum elevation of 70°, despite the inability to
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s full load displacement was 14,197 tons, indicating a standard displacement of around 10,600 tons. Lenton expresses doubts whether the
Admiralty ever informed the Government of these excesses, as with war imminent, "there were more pressing demands on their time". Another historian, Leo Marriott,
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had less weight available for improvements and therefore was not given such an extensive modernisation. While she received the 4-inch armour belt and the double 4-inch gun mounts like her sisters, she retained the rotating catapult and after superstructure, with an additional fire-control position
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launchers were initially added, but they were later removed along with the
Vickers guns. These were replaced by the altogether more useful 20 mm Oerlikon gun. An additional director for the 4-inch guns was added, and the pole masts were replaced by tripods to support the additional weight of
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and quadruple mountings, Mark VII, were added on either side of the bridge. The 4-inch guns were relocated, and the rearmost pair were replaced by twin mountings Mark XIX for the QF 4-inch Mark XVI. To keep weight within acceptable margins, the hull was cut down by one deck aft of "Y" turret.
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launchers, one each side, amidships. The single 4-inch Mk V guns were later replaced by Mk XVI guns in paired mountings. In a fruitless attempt to keep within treaty limits, the Mark XVI mounting was stripped down to reduce the weight, the result being the Mark XVII, an exercise described as
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that underwent a refit in 1944, during which her aircraft, catapult and X turret were removed. This allowed four quadruple 2-pounder mounts and their directors and four single 40 mm Bofors guns to be added. An extra superstructure was added aft to carry barrage directors, fitted with
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cruisers. The forward superstructure block incorporated a large hangar opening onto an athwartships catapult between the superstructure blocks. There was a catapult on either side of the after funnel. The 4-inch anti-aircraft guns were replaced by twin mountings and relocated to the after
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which had been mounted lower down than in their predecessors. During 1937, the 4-inch guns were replaced by twins, octuple 2-pounders were added around the after superstructure and the single guns forward were removed. These improvements pushed the standard displacement over 10,400 tons.
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but as a weight-saving exercise these were not initially shipped and the existing QF 2-pounder Mark II was carried in lieu on four single mounts. Space was provided for a rotating catapult and a crane for operating aircraft, although again these were initially not provided.
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acquired an additional anti-aircraft fire control director. Early in the war, the additional 4-inch guns were removed, and the original 4-inch guns altered to the Mark XVI twin mounts. The octuple 2-pounder guns that had originally been designed in were also finally added.
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The 10,000-ton treaty cruisers were the first type of warships built to internationally agreed restrictions. These restrictions posed new engineering challenges and forced compromises upon designers in how to extract the best balance of speed, armament and protection. The
894:, allowing the hull to be shortened thus saving weight that could be put into protection. This approach required increased power, as the speed of a ship is a function of the ratio of length to beam. The Royal Navy had a requirement for a vessel for colonial
1211:-knot increase in speed. To remedy the loss of the bulge protection, there was a second skin of inner plating to provide the same effect. The bridge was moved aft to lessen the effects of muzzle blast from B turret when the guns were trained
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sub-classes. They were the only 10,000-ton 8-inch gun, or "A", cruisers that the Royal Navy built. The
Counties are remembered for their distinctive three-funnel layout and service in all the major naval theatres of the Second World War.
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were similarly converted, but with more weight in hand the hull was not cut down; all four 4-inch mounts were twins and the 2-pounder guns were octuple mounts. By 1939, the torpedo tubes had been removed in all four ships.
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defence, which required a good cruising range and speed and independent fighting power. This determined the need for a long hull and the use of four twin-gun turrets, with any remaining displacement invested in protection.
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gives an alternative displacement of 10,300 tons and notes that it was "unofficially accepted" by the UK, USA, Italy, France and Japan that refits could allow ships to exceed the London treaty limits by up to 300 tons.
1086:. All were ordered in 1924 and commissioned in 1928. It was quickly found necessary to heighten the funnels by some 15 feet (4.6 m) to clear the flue gasses from the aft superstructure. The Australian ships,
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950:, whose completion had been delayed post-war, the Counties featured a new design of forward superstructure incorporating the navigating bridge, wheelhouse, signalling and compass platforms and
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s. The external bulges were not present, reducing the beam by 2 feet (0.61 m), and the hull was lengthened by 2 feet 9 inches (0.84 m); these changes translated into a
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received an altogether more comprehensive modernisation. Her upperworks were removed and replaced by new fore and aft superstructures and two upright funnels modelled on the contemporary
1222:, four 4-inch guns were added in single mountings abreast the funnels. The single 2-pounder guns were removed, and two quadruple mounts for 0.5-inch Vickers machine guns were added.
1313:– were ordered on 15 May 1929, but suspended on 23 August and finally cancelled on 14 January 1930. A proposed fifth vessel of the sub-class was also cancelled. This was due to the
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The outbreak of war prevented what had ended up being a rather fruitless cosmetic rebuild being extended to the rest of her sisters, as had originally been intended. The remaining
2474:. Although they shared a common hull, machinery and main armament, the Spanish ships had a notably different appearance, with an enormous single funnel – though
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6-foot-deep (1.8 m) armoured belt, 4.5-inch (110 mm) thick, was added amidships, extending down from the armoured deck to 1 foot below the waterline.
984:"ridiculous punctiliousness". They were later converted back to standard Mark XVI mounts. The initial design called for two octuple mountings for the 40 mm
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and with a high freeboard and was strongly built. This afforded high
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both bombed and sunk by
Japanese carrier-borne aircraft during the
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Mk.III fed from the amidships magazine. There were quadruple-tube
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3271:British naval ship classes of the Second World War
2691:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
824:of 1922. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons
386:685 standard, 710 as flagship, 784 during wartime
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2256:9 Aug 1942; subsequently abandoned and scuttled
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80:For the pre–World War I armoured cruisers, see
2794:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
2756:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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2372:again fought German Navy surface units during
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3230:List of cruisers of the Royal Australian Navy
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639:8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes in quad mounts
593:32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
355:on 4 shafts, 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
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2693:. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 2–85.
2572:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1114:machine guns added abreast the fore funnel.
84:. For the post-World War II destroyers, see
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1079:for the Royal Australian Navy – formed the
634:0.5-inch (12.7 mm) L/50 Mk.III machine guns
426:0.5-inch (12.7 mm L/50) Mk.III machine guns
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2775:. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Maritime.
2732:British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After
363:31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
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2790:Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1980).
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839:The thirteen Counties were built in the
770:in twin mounts HA/LA Mk.XIX (from 1937–)
492:1.5-inch (38 mm) over steering gear
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2569:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2464:Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval
2396:then scuttled by a U.S. destroyer, and
1258:s underwent similar alterations as the
503:1-to-2.5-inch (25 to 64 mm) crowns
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2466:. Completed in the late 1930s for the
1254:During wartime refits, the last three
1194:), closely followed the design of the
775:QF 2-pounder (40 mm L/39) Mk.VIII guns
713:632 ft 9 in (192.86 m)
707:595 ft 1 in (181.38 m)
557:632 ft 9 in (192.86 m)
412:QF 2-pounder (40 mm) L/39 Mk.VIII guns
4517:Laid down and completed after the war
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2734:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
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2439:Two ships based on the County class,
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1955:Broken up at Barrow-in-Furness, 1950
1721:County-class ships of the Royal Navy
1353:was sunk in 1942, and so it was only
971:Secondary armament consisted of four
489:1.25-inch (32 mm) over machinery
414:in quad mounts HA Mk.VII (from 1925–)
2615:DiGiulian, Tony (19 February 2022).
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1008:bulges to provide torpedo protection
761:BL 8-inch (203 mm L/50) Mk.VIII guns
627:QF 2-pounder (40 mm) L/39 Mk.II guns
613:BL 8-inch (203 mm) L/50 Mk.VIII guns
398:BL 8-inch (203 mm L/50) Mk.VIII guns
326:17.25 ft (5.26 m) standard
316:68 ft (21 m) across bulges
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973:QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark V guns
874:The design of the class was led by
768:QF 4-inch (102 mm L/45) Mk.XVI guns
435:in quad mounts (removed from 1935–)
329:21.5 ft (6.6 m) full load
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3225:List of cruisers of the Royal Navy
2669:Marriot (2005) Appendix 3, para. 4
2392:being hit by naval gunfire at the
739:21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
583:21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
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405:QF 4-inch (102 mm) L/45 Mk.V guns
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1067:, built for the Royal Navy, and
749:710 standard, 819 during wartime
736:18 ft (5.5 m) standard
580:17 ft (5.2 m) standard
428:in quad mounts Mk.I (from 1924–)
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2831:Sturton, I. A. (1977). "H.M.S.
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2035:William Beardmore & Company
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500:1–4-inch (25–102 mm) sides
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2710:Naval Weapons of World War Two
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2113:Sunk by Japanese aircraft in "
1923:" south of Ceylon, 5 Apr 1942
1919:Sunk by Japanese aircraft in "
1117:By the mid-1930s, the British
1098:director for the 4-inch guns.
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2660:Marriot (2005) c. 2, para. 14
2539:"Cruiser Construction (Cost)"
2524:Marriot (2005) c. 3, para. 23
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1998:Hawthorn Leslie & Company
1289:The final pair of Counties –
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1014:Differences and modifications
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787:Other characteristics as per
670:Other characteristics as per
284:14,150 tons average full load
4282:Harbour defence motor launch
2586:UK public library membership
2422:. She was scrapped in 1959.
1768:Fairfield Shipbuilding &
1327:London Naval Conference 1930
1037:These initial seven ships –
929:, separated by an amidships
601:700 standard, 852 during war
341:Admiralty three-drum boilers
281:10,400 tons average standard
7:
2712:. London: Conway Maritime.
2651:Marriot (2005) c.3, para. 9
2642:Marriot (2005) c.3, para. 6
2617:"8"/50 (20.3 cm) Mark VIII"
2086:Broken up at Newport, 1950
1982:Broken up at Newport, 1954
1857:Broken up at Newport, 1948
1317:that ushered in a minority
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536:9,840 tons standard average
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2207:John Brown & Company
2143:HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
2101:HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
1943:HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
1715:
1692:Post 1935 refit, not in
1110:each received a pair of
777:in oct mounts HA Mk.VIII
678:General characteristics
629:in single mounts HA Mk.I
522:General characteristics
257:General characteristics
4511:Completed after the war
4476:Armed merchant cruisers
4287:Fairmile B motor launch
3340:Light aircraft carriers
2708:Campbell, John (2002).
2316:German battleship
2130:HM Dockyard, Devonport
1970:HM Dockyard, Devonport
1028:first Labour Government
822:Washington Naval Treaty
4483:Ocean boarding vessels
4469:Fighter catapult ships
2578:10.1093/ref:odnb/34532
2435:Canarias-class cruiser
2133:Cancelled 14 Jan 1930
1844:HM Dockyard Portsmouth
1411:(standard, long tons)
1349:masthead electronics.
1336:s were repeats of the
1006:. There were external
890:adopted a design with
870:Design and development
726:66 ft (20 m)
570:66 ft (20 m)
86:County-class destroyer
82:Monmouth class cruiser
4548:County-class cruisers
3098:Royal Australian Navy
3000:Royal Australian Navy
2918:County-class cruisers
2841:Warship International
2771:Marriot, Leo (2005).
2394:Battle of Savo Island
2325:after the sinking of
2254:Battle of Savo Island
2167:Royal Australian Navy
1906:HM Dockyard Devonport
1377:Comparison of classes
826:standard displacement
695:13,775 tons full load
539:13,315 tons full load
151:Royal Australian Navy
4421:Submarine depot ship
4315:-class river gunboat
4307:Insect-class gunboat
2537:(20 February 1922).
2363:German cruiser
2165:-class ships of the
1365:It was intended for
986:QF 2-pounder Mk.VIII
763:in twin mounts Mk.II
692:10,400 tons standard
615:in twin mounts Mk.I*
50:improve this article
39:to meet Knowledge's
2867:. London: Cassell.
2310:were equipped with
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1873:HM Dockyard Chatham
1770:Engineering Company
1722:
1704:Post 1938 rebuild,
1383:
1230:From 1938 to 1941,
1112:QF 0.5-inch Vickers
834:London Naval Treaty
636:in quad mounts Mk.I
400:in twin mounts Mk.I
4320:Type Two 63 ft HSL
4292:Motor torpedo boat
3678:Thornycroft type (
2460:Vickers-Armstrongs
2282:. You can help by
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2115:Easter Sunday Raid
1921:Easter Sunday Raid
1807:Vickers-Armstrongs
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1236:Crown Colony-class
892:triple-gun turrets
888:United States Navy
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975:in single mounts
919:initial stability
876:Charles Lillicrap
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58:February 2023
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4075:Minesweepers
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3773:J, K & N
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2549:. Retrieved
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2468:Spanish Navy
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2307:
2303:
2301:
2288:
2284:adding to it
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2249:10 Jul 1928
2246:31 May 1927
2234:
2221:24 Apr 1928
2218:17 Mar 1927
2197:
2162:
2138:
2122:
2110:30 Sep 1930
2107:24 Jan 1929
2104:21 Sep 1927
2092:
2080:12 Dec 1928
2069:
2060:
2049:12 Sep 1929
2043:24 Feb 1927
2025:
2012:19 Mar 1929
2009:22 Feb 1928
1988:
1979:18 Mar 1929
1976:22 Oct 1927
1973:16 Mar 1926
1961:
1952:31 Jan 1929
1949:14 Sep 1927
1946:23 Feb 1926
1938:
1929:
1916:10 May 1928
1913:11 Mar 1926
1896:
1883:22 Jun 1928
1880:16 Mar 1926
1877:15 Nov 1924
1863:
1854:31 May 1928
1851:16 Feb 1926
1848:30 Sep 1924
1834:
1821:21 Jan 1928
1818:16 Mar 1926
1815:18 Oct 1924
1797:
1784:15 Feb 1928
1781:30 Mar 1926
1778:15 Sep 1924
1762:
1753:
1705:
1700:
1693:
1688:
1645:(18 m)
1627:
1589:(20 m)
1558:
1520:(20 m)
1489:
1451:(21 m)
1433:
1409:Displacement
1406:(full load)
1390:Number built
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1366:
1364:
1354:
1350:
1343:
1337:
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1302:
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1282:
1275:
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1217:
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1103:
1099:
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1081:
1080:
1075:
1069:
1063:
1057:
1051:
1045:
1039:
1036:
1025:
1019:
1000:
970:
962:
946:
935:
927:engine rooms
923:boiler rooms
915:flush decked
904:
901:
884:
873:
865:
858:
854:
848:
844:
840:
838:
798:County class
797:
795:
788:
687:Displacement
679:
671:
656:
531:Displacement
523:
475:
471:
467:
463:
459:
418:
348:
276:Displacement
258:
201:
195:
189:
176:
163:
119:County class
102:
90:
64:
55:
48:Please help
44:
33:
4523:Conversions
4434:Bonaventure
4378:Round Table
4064:Teviot Bank
4050:Port Quebec
4043:Port Napier
3920:Bridgewater
3680:Shakespeare
3462:Battleships
3308:Illustrious
3156:Dorsetshire
2835:and H.M.S.
2462:subsidiary
2402:Dorsetshire
2354:Prinz Eugen
2345:Dorsetshire
2243:9 Sep 1925
2215:9 Jun 1925
2093:Dorsetshire
2083:1 May 1930
2077:8 Jul 1927
2052:To RAN 1943
2046:5 Jul 1928
2006:1 Feb 1927
1910:9 Oct 1924
1667:6 × 8-inch
1638:575 ft
1614:3.5 in
1611:8 × 8-inch
1545:3.5 in
1542:8 × 8-inch
1476:4.5 in
1473:8 × 8-inch
1444:630 ft
1428:Complement
1419:Belt armour
1351:Dorsetshire
1298:Dorsetshire
913:) hull was
896:trade route
828:and 8-inch
159:Preceded by
52:if you can.
4537:Categories
4358:Portuguese
4174:Submarines
4036:Menestheus
3987:Minelayers
3976:Black Swan
3955:Kingfisher
3701:Destroyers
3315:Implacable
3287:Courageous
3140:Royal Navy
3107:Shropshire
3079:Shropshire
3065:Devonshire
3049:Royal Navy
2967:Cumberland
2944:Royal Navy
2588:required.)
2482:References
2413:Cumberland
2188:Completed
2182:Laid down
2148:Not named
2026:Shropshire
1962:Devonshire
1798:Cumberland
1744:Completed
1738:Laid down
1643:58 ft
1635:1926–1928
1587:66 ft
1566:1926–1927
1518:66 ft
1497:1925–1926
1449:68 ft
1272:Shropshire
1268:Shropshire
1224:Shropshire
1185:Shropshire
1173:Devonshire
1124:Cumberland
1052:Cumberland
1030:after the
997:Protection
990:autocannon
963:The guns,
955:antennae.
947:Enterprise
836:of 1930).
810:Royal Navy
746:Complement
651:Main belt:
598:Complement
483:Lower deck
464:Cumberland
383:Complement
336:Propulsion
185:Subclasses
138:Royal Navy
4505:Cancelled
4448:Maidstone
4415:Albatross
4313:Dragonfly
4149:Protector
4133:Netlayers
4029:Agamemnon
3996:Adventure
3883:Corvettes
3808:W & Z
3803:U & V
3798:S & T
3793:Q & R
3788:O & P
3783:L & M
3758:G & H
3753:E & F
3748:C & D
3743:A & B
3730:Ambuscade
3719:V & W
3322:Audacious
3301:Ark Royal
3009:Australia
2853:0043-0374
2386:Luftwaffe
2327:HMS
2211:Clydebank
2198:Australia
2185:Launched
1741:Launched
1732:Subclass
1670:3 in
1661: kn
1605: kn
1536: kn
1467: kn
1416:armament
1346:UP rocket
1088:Australia
1070:Australia
945:HMS
925:ahead of
880:Admiralty
456:bulkheads
448:Main belt
351:) geared
233:Cancelled
225:Completed
212:1928–1959
124:Operators
103:Australia
4383:Monitors
4336:Trawlers
4200:Parthian
4142:Guardian
4115:Algerine
3941:Shoreham
3927:Hastings
3845:Frigates
3658:Minotaur
3644:Minotaur
3618:Arethusa
3506:Vanguard
3437:Activity
3425:Attacker
3411:Audacity
3377:Majestic
3370:Colossus
3016:Canberra
2960:Cornwall
2863:(1995).
2812:(2005).
2752:(1998).
2730:(2010).
2621:NavWeaps
2476:Canarias
2454:Canarias
2448:Baleares
2442:Canarias
2427:Canarias
2398:Cornwall
2390:Canberra
2349:Bismarck
2318:Bismarck
2235:Canberra
2179:Builder
2176:Pennant
1897:Cornwall
1735:Builder
1729:Pennant
1694:Canberra
1582: ft
1513: ft
1438:7 of 10
1395:Ordered
1276:Canberra
1137:Cornwall
1108:Cornwall
1092:Canberra
1076:Canberra
1046:Cornwall
959:Armament
931:magazine
754:Armament
606:Armament
476:Cornwall
391:Armament
34:require
4455:Titania
4427:Adamant
4408:Pegasus
4396:Roberts
4274:Coastal
4253:Amphion
4224:Grampus
4207:Rainbow
4089:Halcyon
3962:Bittern
3948:Grimsby
3858:Captain
3651:Neptune
3611:Leander
3604:Emerald
3597:Hawkins
3553:Hawkins
3478:Revenge
3451:Nairana
3418:Avenger
3384:Centaur
3363:Unicorn
3201:Hawkins
3149:Norfolk
3122:Norfolk
2981:Berwick
2953:Suffolk
2451:of the
2378:Suffolk
2370:Norfolk
2359:Berwick
2341:Suffolk
2337:Norfolk
2308:Suffolk
2304:Norfolk
2263:Service
2228:, 1955
2070:Norfolk
2061:Norfolk
2039:Dalmuir
2019:, 1950
2017:Dalmuir
2002:Hebburn
1890:, 1948
1835:Suffolk
1828:, 1959
1826:Newport
1791:, 1948
1754:Berwick
1656:⁄
1632:2 of 5
1608:10,300
1600:⁄
1577:⁄
1563:2 of 5
1559:Norfolk
1531:⁄
1508:⁄
1494:4 of 4
1470:10,570
1462:⁄
1423:Torpedo
1398:Length
1355:Norfolk
1334:Norfolk
1303:Norfolk
1292:Norfolk
1283:Norfolk
1206:⁄
1170:class (
1133:Berwick
1128:Suffolk
1104:Berwick
1064:Suffolk
1040:Berwick
981:torpedo
942:cruiser
911:overall
849:Norfolk
830:calibre
731:Draught
680:Norfolk
575:Draught
508:Turrets
468:Suffolk
460:Berwick
419:Berwick
417:except
349:Berwick
345:Parsons
321:Draught
249:Retired
217:Planned
202:Norfolk
164:Hawkins
105:in 1937
36:cleanup
4389:Erebus
4347:Basset
4341:Castle
4122:Cybele
4096:Bangor
4017:Linnet
4010:Plover
4003:Abdiel
3906:Sloops
3896:Castle
3891:Flower
3863:Colony
3834:Daring
3823:Weapon
3818:Battle
3768:Tribal
3737:Amazon
3661:(1947)
3559:County
3526:Renown
3485:Nelson
3404:Archer
3356:Hermes
3180:Surrey
3171:Surrey
3137:
3095:
3072:Sussex
3058:London
3046:
3031:London
2997:
2941:
2871:
2851:
2833:Surrey
2820:
2798:
2779:
2760:
2738:
2716:
2697:
2582:
2551:24 May
2515:Lenton
2382:Sussex
2368:, and
2343:, and
2123:Surrey
1989:Sussex
1939:London
1930:London
1706:London
1664:8,250
1539:9,830
1490:London
1425:tubes
1387:Class
1367:Surrey
1338:London
1319:Labour
1311:Surrey
1264:London
1256:London
1249:London
1241:London
1232:London
1220:Sussex
1191:Sussex
1179:London
1168:London
1160:London
1061:, and
907:-class
905:Nelson
845:London
818:Second
800:was a
789:London
702:Length
657:London
646:Armour
618:4–8 ×
546:Length
524:London
474:&
442:Armour
291:Length
196:London
148:
135:
4441:Forth
4368:Dance
4353:Isles
4329:Other
4218:River
3969:Egret
3934:Banff
3853:River
3689:Scott
3590:Danae
3431:Ruler
3349:Argus
3329:Malta
3294:Eagle
3212:class
3203:class
3173:class
3124:class
3033:class
2928:class
2456:class
2429:class
2420:class
2418:Tiger
2312:radar
2191:Fate
2173:Ship
1888:Troon
1789:Blyth
1774:Govan
1747:Fate
1726:Ship
1716:Ships
1441:1924
1404:Speed
1401:Beam
1285:class
1162:class
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1084:class
1022:class
861:class
814:First
802:class
784:Notes
773:16 ×
682:class
667:Notes
590:Speed
526:class
368:Range
360:Speed
261:class
179:class
166:class
4363:Tree
4241:P611
4193:Odin
4083:Hunt
3868:Loch
3778:Hunt
3724:Town
3637:Fiji
3630:Dido
3624:Town
3565:York
3533:Hood
3499:Lion
3210:York
2974:Kent
2926:Kent
2869:ISBN
2849:ISSN
2818:ISBN
2796:ISBN
2777:ISBN
2758:ISBN
2736:ISBN
2714:ISBN
2695:ISBN
2553:2016
2445:and
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2380:and
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2306:and
2240:I85
2203:I84
2163:Kent
2127:n/a
1864:Kent
1763:Kent
1708:only
1678:623
1628:York
1622:725
1553:700
1484:685
1434:Kent
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1369:and
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1106:and
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1096:HACS
1090:and
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1073:and
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1020:Kent
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847:and
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766:8 ×
759:8 ×
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672:Kent
632:8 ×
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611:8 ×
567:Beam
472:Kent
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313:Beam
266:Type
259:Kent
241:Lost
190:Kent
177:York
116:Name
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