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Light cruiser HMS Southampton (C83)

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Classification

Ship class:
Town-class cruiser (1936)
Type:
Light cruiser

Basic information

Operator:
Royal NavyRoyal Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
John Brown and Company
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Sunk:
Status:
Sunk
Fate:
Sunk off Malta, 11 January 1941

Ship measurements

Displacement:
11,350 t
Length:
170 m
Beam (waterline):
18.8 m
Draft:
6.55 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 4 * Parsons steam turbines
  • 4 * Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 4 * shafts
  • 75,000 shp (55.9 MW)
Speed:
32 knots
Range:
5,300 nmi (6,100 mi; 9,800 km) at 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
748

Combat assets

Armament:
  • 12 * BL 6 in (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns (4 * 3)
  • 8 * QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI guns (4 * 2)
  • 8 * QF 2-pounder (40.5 mm) Mark VIII pom-pom guns (2 * 4)
  • 8 * .5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns
  • 6 * 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 * 3)
Aircraft:
  • 2 * Supermarine Walrus aircraft
  • 1 * catapult
  • 2 * hangars

HMS Southampton was a member of the first group of five ships of the Town class of light cruisers. She was built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland and launched on 10 March 1936.

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