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CHATHAM light cruiser (1912)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Chatham 37, 38, 18   Chatham DYd, UK 3.1.1911 9.11.1911 12.1912 sold for BU 7.1926


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

5400

Displacement full, t

6000

Length, m

139.6

Breadth, m

14.9

Draught, m

4.90

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 Parsons steam turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

25000

Max speed, kts

25.5

Fuel, t

coal 1240 + oil 260

Endurance, nm(kts)4500(16)
Armour, mm

belt: 51 on 25mm plating, deck: 38 - 10, CT: 102, gun shields: 102

Armament

8 x 1 - 152/50 BL Mk XI, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 533 TT (beam, sub)

Complement

475



Standard scale images


<i>Chatham</i> 1913
Chatham 1913


Modernizations

1915: + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I

Naval service

No significant events.