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Friday, 18 December 2015

British light cruiser HMS Cambrian (1916) in 1923

Source Fleets of the world 1915. Compiled from official sources and classified according to types

Cambrian-class. Launched in 1916, completed in 1916, displacement 3.750 tons, horsepower 40.000 hp, oil-turbine direct drive machinery and an armament of 4-6” guns, 2-3” anti aircraft guns. 11-2pd guns and machineguns and 2 submerged torpedo tubes.(1)

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.

Note
1. Brassey‘s naval and shipping annual 1923. Displacement 3.750 tons and as dimensions 420 x 41.6 x 14.6 feet. Oil bunker facility 900 ton. Building costs 300.00 pound sterling. Armour belt 3” thick. Crew numbered 287 men.