Name: | WEYMOUTH |
Type: | Cruiser |
Keel: | 20/01/1910 |
Launched: | 18/11/1910 |
Completed: | 06/09/1911 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 827 |
Dimensions: | 5250disp, 430.0 x 48.5 x 15.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 22000shp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 25.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 8 x 1 x 6.0ins, 4 x 1 x 3pdr QF, 1 x 12pdr guns; 2 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
06/09/1911 | British Royal Navy |
02/10/1928 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Weymouth Class of light cruisers. Cost £396,363 |
02/10/1918: Stern blown off by torpedo from Austrian submarine U13 | |
Subsequently repaired at Malta | |
02/10/1928: Sold to Hughes Bolckow Ltd for breaking up at Blyth |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
The Scotsman, Saturday, 19/11/1910