HMS Yarmouth (1911)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Town-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Yarmouth |
| Builder: | London & Glasgow Co. |
| Laid down: | 27 January 1910 |
| Launched: | 12 April 1911 |
| Commissioned: | April 1912 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 2 July 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,200 tons |
| Length: | 453 ft (138 m) Overall |
| Beam: | 48.5 ft (14.8 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons turbines Four screws Twelve Yarrow boilers 22,000 hp |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | carried 750 tons (1290 tons maximum) coal 260 tons fuel oil 5,600 miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 433 |
| Armament: | 8 × 6 inch guns 1 × 3 inch AA gun 4 × 3 pdr guns 4 × machine guns 2 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 2 inch deck amidships 1 inch - ¾ inch deck ends |
HMS Yarmouth was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 12 April 1911 from the yards of the London & Glasgow Co. She was part of the Weymouth subgroup.
On the outbreak of war, Yarmouth was on the China Station, and later in 1914, she was involved in the hunt for the German commerce raider SMS Emden. In October that year she captured two German colliers. She returned to home waters in December 1914 and was assigned to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and in February 1915 to 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron. Whilst serving with this squadron, she took part in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May-1 June 1916.
Yarmouth survived the battle and the war, and was sold for scrapping on 2 July 1929 to the Alloa South Breaking Company, of Rosyth.
[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 Weymouth group
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