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Wednesday, 9 December 2015

British light cruiser Effingham 1921-at least 1923

Improved Birmingham-design. Launched in 1921, being built in 1923, displacement 9.750 tons, horsepower 70.000 hp. Coal-oil fired turbine direct drive machinery and an armament of 7-7.5” guns, 4-3” anti aircraft guns, 1-12[d field gun, 4 machineguns and 6 torpedo tubes of which 2 were submerged.

Source
Archive Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 (National Archive at the Hague, Netherlands)  inventory number 155. Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries) on 1 February 1923.