HMS Cordelia (1914)
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| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Cordelia |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 21 July 1913 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1914 |
| Commissioned: | January 1915 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 31 July 1923 |
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| Displacement: | Nominal:3,750 tons Loaded: 4,219 tons Deep: 4,733 tons |
| Length: | 420 ft (130 m) (446 ft (136 m) overall) |
| Beam: | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (5 m) maximum. |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons turbines Power: 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots (53 km/h) |
| Range: | carried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 325 |
| Armament: | As built:
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| Armour: | Belt: 3 to 1 in Decks: 1 inch |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cordelia.
HMS Cordelia was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Caroline group of the C-class of cruisers.
She was laid down in July 1913, launched 23 February 1914 and commissioned into the navy in January 1915. She was assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and on 31 May to 1 June 1916 Cordelia took part in the Battle of Jutland with a number of her sisters. In 1917 she was reassigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She survived the war, but was considered obsolete before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold on 31 July 1923 to Cashmore, of Newport to be broken up.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
- Ships of the Caroline class
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