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Tuesday, 26 November 2019

British light cruiser Centaur 1916-at least 1923

Centaur-design. Launched in 1916, completed in 1916, displacement 3.750 tons, horsepower 40.000 hp, oil-fired turbine direct drive machinery and an armament of 5-6” guns, 2-3” anti aircraft guns, 10-3pd guns, 2pd guns and machineguns and 2 submerged torpedo tubes.

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.