HMS Dartmouth (1911)
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| Name | HMS Dartmouth |
| Builder | Vickers Limited |
| Laid down | 19 February 1910 |
| Launched | 14 February 1911 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1911 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 13 December 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Town-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,250 long tons (5,330 t)[1] |
| Length | 430 ft (130 m) (p.p.); 453 ft (138 m) (oa)[1] |
| Beam | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) 12 × Yarrow boilers[1] |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 × Parsons geared steam turbines 4 × screws |
| Speed | 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity | list error: <br /> list (help) Coal: 750 long tons (760 t) (normal); 1,200 long tons (1,200 t) (maximum) Fuel oil: 260 long tons (260 t)[1] |
| Complement | 433 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 8 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XI guns 1 × QF 3 in (76 mm) 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun 4 × 3-pounder guns 4 × machine guns 2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes[1] |
| Armour | Deck: 2 in (51 mm) (amidships); .75–1 in (19–25 mm) (ends)[1] |
| Notes | Armour is of nickel steel.[1] |
HMS Dartmouth was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 14 December 1910 from the yards of Vickers Limited. She was part of the Weymouth subgroup.
Construction and design
Dartmouth was laid down at Vickers Barrow shipyard on 19 February 1910, one of four Town-class protected cruisers ordered under the 1909–1910 Naval Estimates. The four 1909–10 ships, also known as the Weymouth class, were an improved version of five similar Town-class ships laid down under the 1908–1909 Estimates, known as the Bristol class, with a heavier main armament of eight 6 inch (152 mm) Mk XI guns, compared with the two 6 inch and ten 4 inch of the earlier ships.[2][3] The ships had a secondary armament of four 3-pounder (47 mm) guns, with two submerged 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes mounted on the ships' beams.[2]
Dartmouth was 453 feet (138.07 m) long overall, with a beam of 48 feet 6 inches (14.78 m) and a draught of 15 feet 6 inches (4.72 m). She displaced 5,250 long tons (5,330 t) normal and 5,800 long tons (5,900 t) deep load. Machinery was the same as in the Bristol class, with 12 Yarrow boilers feeding Parsons steam turbines, driving four shafts. The turbines were laid out in three separate engine rooms, with high pressure turbines, located in wing compartments, driving the outer shafts and low pressure turbines in a central compartment. The engines were rated at 22,000 shaft horsepower (16,000 kW), giving a design speed of 25 kilotonnes (25,000 long tons; 28,000 short tons). The ship had four funnels.[2][4]
Dartmouth was launched on 14 December 1910,[2] reaching a speed of 25.9 knots (48.0 km/h; 29.8 mph) during sea trials.[5] She was completed in October 1911.[2]
Service history
On commissioning, Dartmouth joined the Atlantic Fleet,[6] being attached to the Third Battle Squadron from 1912 to 1913.[2] After a 1913 cruise to the Mediterranean Sea, she was briefly attached to the Second Light Cruiser Squadron at Devonport to participate in the 1913 Naval Manoeuvres before leaving to join the East Indies Squadron of the Eastern Fleet.[2][7][8]
On the outbreak of the First World War, she was stationed in the East Indies and in October that year she captured the German tug Adjutant. In January 1915, Dartmouth was reassigned to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet but was detached to operate in the South Atlantic in the search for the commerce raider SMS Karlsruhe. In February 1915, Dartmouth was operating off the Dardanelles in support of the allied landings at Gallipoli. In May 1915, she was reassigned to the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron at Brindisi, and took part in the Battle of the Otranto Straits on the night of 14 May. She later took part in the Battle off Durazzo (28 December-29 1915), with her sister ship Weymouth. On 15 May 1917, Dartmouth was damaged by a torpedo from the submarine UC-25.
Dartmouth was repaired and went on to survive the war. She was sold for scrapping on 13 December 1930 to Metal Industries.
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Moore 2001, p. 60.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 52.
- ^ Brown 2010, pp. 63–64.
- ^ The Engineer 17 February 1911, p. 174.
- ^ Hythe 1912, p. 26.
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 383247" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol v. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Fleets and Squadrons at Home and Abroad: Second Fleet: Cruisers". The Navy List: p. 269b. August 1913. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ "Fleets and Squadrons at Home and Abroad: Administrative Distribution of the Second Fleet". The Navy List: p. 270. August 1913. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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Bibliography
- Brown, David K. (2010). The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906–1922. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-085-7.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- "H.M. Cruiser Dartmouth" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 111: p. 174. 17 February 1911.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help) - Hythe, Thomas, ed. (1912). "The Naval Annual". Portsmouth: J. Griffin & Co.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Moore, John E., ed. (2001). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London: Random House Group, Ltd. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
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