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Revision as of 19:15, 6 April 2018
Five powerful Southampton class light cruisers were completed in Britain in 1937. Their four triple turrets replaced the double turrets used in preceding classes of British light cruisers at an increase of about 2,000 tons displacement.
| Overview of 5 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Birmingham | Devonport Royal Dockyard | 18 Jul, 1935 | 1 Sep, 1936 | Broken up 1960 | |
| Glasgow | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 16 Apr, 1935 | 20 Jun, 1936 | Broken up 1958 | |
| Newcastle | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 4 Oct, 1934 | 23 Jan, 1936 | Broken up 1959 | |
| Sheffield | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | 31 Jan, 1935 | 23 Jul, 1936 | Broken up 1967 | |
| Southampton | John Brown & Company | 21 Nov, 1934 | 10 Mar, 1936 | Bombed 11 Jan, 1941 | |
Design and Construction
Armament
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Footnotes
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