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Weymouth 1916 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dartmouth	A9, 52	402	Vickers, Barrow	19.2.1910	14.12.1910	10.1911	sold for BU 12.1930
Falmouth	90	498	Beardmore, Dalmuir	21.2.1910	20.9.1910	9.1911	sunk 19.8.1916
Weymouth	03, 0C	820	Armstrong, Elswick	19.1.1910	18.11.1910	10.1911	sold for BU 10.1928
Yarmouth	95, 1C, 72	348	London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow	27.1.1910	12.4.1911	4.1912	sold for BU 7.1929

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5250
Displacement full, t	5800
Length, m	138.1
Breadth, m	14.6
Draught, m	4.70
No of shafts	Dartmouth, Falmouth, Weymouth: 4 Yarmouth: 2
Machinery	Dartmouth, Falmouth, Wemouth: 4 Parsons steam turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers Yarmouth: 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	22000
Max speed, kts	25
Fuel, t	coal 1290 + oil 260
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(10)
Armour, mm	deck: 51 - 19, CT: 102, gun shields: 102
Armament	8 x 1 - 152/50 BL Mk XI, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 533 TT (beam, sub)
Complement	475

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Project history

The mixed armament of the Bristol class was soon recognised as unsatisfactory, and to remedy this the 'improved Bristol class' authorised under the 1909-1910 Estimates were given a uniform armament of 8 152mm. There were also complaints about the waist guns being unworkable in a seaway, and in the new cruisers the forecastle was extended aft and a bulwark enclosed the waist guns. In addition to the forecastle gun two more were carried at the same level p&s of the bridge, giving them much better command. The Weymouths were a great improvement over the Bristols and paved the way for even better ships. Being robust and well armed they saw widespread service and were retained in the post-war Fleet.

Ship protection

protective deck with slopes was 51mm thick over machinery and 19mm over other parts.

Modernizations

1915, all: + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I, topmasts were housed down or removed.

1917, all survived: received tripod foremast and director control.

1918, Weymouth, Yarmouth: + flying-off platform and 1 airplane

1918, Weymouth, Dartmouth: + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I

1918, Dartmouth: CT was removed.

1919, Weymouth, Yarmouth: - flying-off platform and plane

Naval service

Dartmouth was torpedoed by German submarine UC25 15.5.1917 but reached harbor and repaired, to reserve in June 1929. Falmouth was damaged by torpedo from submarine U66 19.8.1916 and was sunk by submarine U52 while towing next day in North sea. Weymouth was damaged by torpedo from Austrian submarine U28 2.10.1918, repaired, paid off in September 1927. Yarmouth was put on sales in November 1928.

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