HMS Southampton (1912)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | "Town" class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Southampton |
| Builder: | Vickers Maxim, Barrow |
| Laid down: | 6 April 1911 |
| Launched: | 16 May 1912 |
| Commissioned: | February 1915 |
| Fate: | Sold 13 July 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,400 tons |
| Length: | 430 ft (130 m) 457 ft (139 m) overall |
| Beam: | 49 ft 10 in (15.2 m) |
| Draught: | 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m) (maximum) |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow boilers Curtis turbines coal and oil fuels |
| Speed: | 25,000 shp = 25.5&n knots Trials:26,006 shp = 26.5 knots |
| Complement: | 429 to 440 men |
| Armament: | 8 × 6 in guns 1 × 3 in Anti-aircraft gun 4 × 3 pdr guns Torpedo tubes:2 × 21 in submerged |
HMS Southampton was a Royal Navy warship that served in the First World War.
Southampton was one of the third batch of "Town" class light cruisers, her sister ships were Dublin and Chatham. The first three "Town" ships of the Royal Australian Navy (HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, and HMAS Brisbane) were virtually identical.
Southampton differed from her sisters, having different machinery. Chatham had two screws. The sister ships, with Parsons turbines, had four screws.
She was initially assigned to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, serving in the Mediterranean, but was detached in 1914 to operate in the Red Sea. In November of that year, she was involved in operations against the German commerce raider SMS Konigsberg. In May 1915 Southampton was in the Dardanelles, supporting the allied landings at Gallipoli. She returned to home waters in 1916 and was assigned to the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet when she participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. Southampton was present at the Battle of Jutland as flagship of the Second Light Cruiser Squadron, flying the flag of Commodore William Goodenough. She torpedoed the cruiser SMS Frauenlob, which subsequently sank. On 26 May 1916 she was damaged by a mine. She was repaired and survived the war.
Southampton was sold for scrapping on 13 July 1926 to Ward, of Pembroke Dock.
[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
- Gray, Randal (ed), "Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1906-1921", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1985), ISBN 0-85177-245-5
- Ships of the Chatham group
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