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County-class cruiser

CruiserUnited KingdomRetired
County-class cruiser
Photo: HMAS_Australia_Oct_1937_SLV.jpg: Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 derivative work: Crisco 1492 · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Type
Cruiser
Shipyards
Chatham Dockyard, Devonport Dockyard, Fairfields, John Brown
First commissioned
1928
Last retired
1959
Status
Retired
Ships completed
13
Ships planned
16
Crew
784

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
14,376 t
Length
179.83 m
Beam
20.73 m
Draught
5.26 m
Performance
Maximum speed
31.5 kn (58 km/h)
Range
8,000 nmi (14,816 km)
Power
60,000 kW
Armament
Armament
8 × 203 mm4 × 102 mm8 × 40 mm406 mm8 × 12.7 mm8 × 533 mm

Operators

United KingdomAustralia

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: County-class cruiser, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.