HMS Phaeton (1914)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Phaeton |
| Ordered | Phaethon |
| Builder | Vickers Limited |
| Laid down | 12 March 1913 |
| Launched | 21 October 1914 |
| Commissioned | February 1915 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 16 January 1923 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- light cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,512 long tons (3,568 t) |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 410 ft (125.0 m) p/p 436 ft (132.9 m) o/a |
| Beam | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean, deep load) |
| Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 8 × Yarrow boilers |
| Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines |
| Speed | 28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 270 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns 6 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V guns 1 × single QF 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) anti-aircraft gun 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) |
HMS Phaeton was one of eight Template:Sclass- light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped.
Construction and career
The ship was launched on 21 October 1914 at Vickers Limited's shipyard. On being commissioned, she was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and between February and March 1915 was operating in the Dardanelles in support of the Allied landings at Gallipoli. On Phaeton's return to home waters, she was assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet and by mid-April 1915 she was operating out of Scapa Flow. On 4 May 1916 she took part in shooting down the Zeppelin L 7. On 31 May to 1 June 1916 Phaeton took part in the Battle of Jutland. She survived the First World War, and was sold for scrapping on 16 January 1923 to King, of Troon.
Notes
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{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|lastauthoramp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - Newbolt, Henry (1996). Naval Operations. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. V (reprint of the 1931 ed.). Nashville, Tennessee: Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-255-1.
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