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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