| Name: | EMERALD |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 23/09/1918 |
| Launched: | 19/05/1920 |
| Completed: | 14/01/1926 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 956 |
| Dimensions: | 7550disp - 9350disp, 535.0 x 54.5 x 16.25(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Brown-Curtis type, SR geared, 80000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 33.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 7 x 1 x 6.0ins, 3 x 1 x 4.0ins AA, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns; |
| 4 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes; 1 x aircraft & catapult | |
| History: | |
| 1926 | British Royal Navy |
| 23/07/1948 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Emerald or E Class of cruisers |
| 10/1920: Towed away to Chatham Dockyard for completion | |
| 23/06/1948: Sold for breaking up at Troon | |
| 05/07/1948: Arrived at Troon for breaking up | |
| 09/07/1948: Breaking up commenced by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co | |
| 26/11/1949: Breaking up completed |
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