Southampton Class Cruiser (1936)

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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.

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


Southampton Class Light Cruiser
Birmingham Glasgow Newcastle Sheffield Southampton
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