| Name: | CHAMPION |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 09/03/1914 |
| Launched: | 29/05/1915 |
| Completed: | 20/12/1915 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 472 |
| Dimensions: | 3750disp - 4950disp, 420.0 x 41.5 x 14.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 28.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 6.0ins, 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 3pdr guns; 6 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 20/12/1915 | British Royal Navy |
| 28/07/1934 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Calliope sub class of the C Class of light cruisers |
| 28/07/1934: Sold for breaking up whilst at Portsmouth | |
| 14/08/1934: Departed Portsmouth in tow of SUPERMAN | |
| 20/08/1934: Arrived at Rosyth for breaking up | |
| 29/08/1934: Breaking up commenced by Metal Industries Ltd |
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