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CAMBRIAN light cruisers (4, 1915 - 1916)


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Castor mid-1920s Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Castor C4, 33, 20 812 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 28.10.1914 28.7.1915 11/1915 sold for BU 7.1936
Constance C5, 49, 90 813 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 25.1.1915 12.9.1915 1/1916 sold for BU 1.1936
Canterbury 0A, 27, 59 435 John Brown, Clydebank 14.10.1914 21.12.1915 5/1916 sold for BU 7.1934
Cambrian A3, 25, 30 255 Pembroke DYd 8.12.1914 3.3.1916 5/1916 sold for BU 7.1934


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

4320

Displacement full, t

4799

Length, m

135.9

Breadth, m

12.6

Draught, m

4.50

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 6 Yarrow boilers

Canterbury: 4 sets Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 6 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

40000

Max speed, kts

28.5

Fuel, t

oil 841

Endurance, nm(kts)5900(10)
Armour, mm

belt: 76 - 38, deck: 25, CT: 152, gun shields: 102

Armament

Castor, Constance, Canterbury: 2 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 8 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 1 - 76/23 13pdr 6cwt QF Mk V, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 533 TT (beam)

Cambrian: 3 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 6 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 1 - 76/23 13pdr 6cwt QF Mk V, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 533 TT (beam)

Complement

368



Standard scale images


<i>Castor</i> 1915
Castor 1915


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<i>Castor</i> mid-1920s <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Castor mid-1920s Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

The light cruisers ordered under the 1914-15 Programme were repeats of the Calliope, with the same layout. Only the Cambrian, last to be completed, incorporated the improved layout of the earlier class: 1 152mm gun in place of the sided 2 102mm on the forecastle. The other three were brought up to the same standard in 1916-17, and among other improvements a tripod with light director replaced the pole foremast.

Protection

Armoured belt protected ship at full length, its thickness was 76mm abreast machinery spaces (51mm armour on 25mm plating), 51mm (38mm armour on 13mm plating) aft and 38mm (25mm armour on 13mm plating) fore. Belt was closed by aft 25mm bulkhead near stern. It extended to main deck (and to upper deck abreast machinery). Machinery and steering gear were covered by 25mm deck.

Modernizations

1916 - 1917, Canterbury, Castor, Constance: - 2 x 1 - 102/45; + 1 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII

1917 - 1918, Cambrian: - 6 x 1 - 102/45, 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 1 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II

1917 - 1918, Canterbury: - 6 x 1 - 102/45, 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 1 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 2 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I, 4 x 2 - 533 TT

1917 - 1918, Castor, Constance: - 6 x 1 - 102/45, 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 1 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 2 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I

1920s, Castor: + 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II

1920s, Cambrian: - 1 x 1 - 102/45; + 2 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I

1920s, Canterbury: - 4 x 2 - 533 TT

Naval service

Castor was damaged at Jutland.

mid-1920s

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.