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Name: CONCORD
Type: Cruiser
Keel: 01/02/1915
Launched: 01/04/1916
Completed: 18/12/1916
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 889
Dimensions: 3828disp - 4950disp, 420.0 x 41.5 x 13.5(draft)ft
Engines: 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 40000shp
Engines by: Vickers Ltd, Barrow
Propulsion: 4 x Screws, 28.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 5 x 1 x 6.0ins, 2 x 1 x 3.0ins, 2 x 3pdr guns; 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes
History:
18/12/1916 British Royal Navy
30/08/1935 Broken up
Comments: Built using materials originally intended for two cruisers for Turkey
A member of the Centaur sub class of the C Class of light cruisers
30/08/1935: Sold to Metal Industries Ltd for £13,075
16/09/1935: Arrived at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth
25/09/1935: Breaking up commenced at Charlestown


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