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Thursday, 2 May 2024

British light cruiser HMS Royalist 1913-1922

Active-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Arethusa-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

British Arethusa-class light cruisers, preceded by Active-class, succeeded by C-class. Consisted of Arethusa, Aurora, Galatea, Inconstant, Penelope, Phaeton, Royalist and Undaunted. Laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Scotland on 3 June 1913, launched on 14 January 1915, commissioned in March 1915 and sold to be broken up on 24 August 1922. Main armament 2x1-15.2cm/6” BL Mk XII guns mounted on the centreline fore and aft of the superstructure and 6x1-10.2cm/4” Mk V quick firing guns. 

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