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HMS Amphion.
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An item reported that the British light cruiser HMS Amphion was to be completed at the yard at Pembroke and to be fitted out at the end of the administrative year.(1)
Note
1. Part of Active-class scout cruisers preceded by Blonde-class, building ordered under 1910 Naval Programme, laid down by Pembroke Dockyard on 15 March 1911, launched on 4 December 1911, completed in March 1913 and sunk after striking a mine off the Thames Estuary on 6 August 1914.


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