HMS Bristol (1910)
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Bristol underway
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| Name: | Bristol |
| Namesake: | Bristol |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 23 March 1909 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1910 |
| Commissioned: | December 1910 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 May 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921 |
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| Class and type: | Town-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,800 long tons (4,877 t) |
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| Beam: | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) (mean) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts; 2 × Brown-Curtis steam turbines |
| Speed: | 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | 5,830 nautical miles (10,800 km; 6,710 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 410 |
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HMS Bristol was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the lead ship of the five in her sub-class and was completed in late 1910. The ship spent part of her early career in reserve before she was transferred to the 4th Cruiser Squadron (4th CS) of the North America and West Indies Station in mid-1914. Bristol was briefly deployed to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution to protect British interests there.
The ship was tasked to protect Allied shipping off the coasts of North and South America from German commerce raiders after World War I began in August 1914. She briefly encountered a German light cruiser in the West Indies a few days after the war began, but the battle was inconclusive. A few months later, Bristol played a minor role in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December by sinking some of the colliers belonging to the German East Asia Squadron. After a lengthy refit in mid-1915, the ship was transferred to the Adriatic Force where she participated in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. Bristol returned to her former task of patrolling off the east coast of South America, after a brief time escorting convoys off West Africa in early 1918, and continued to do so after the end of the war. She was placed in reserve in mid-1919, listed for sale in 1920 and was sold for scrap in 1921.
The Bristol sub-class was intended for a variety of roles including both trade protection and duties with the fleet. They were 453 feet (138.1 m) long overall, with a beam of 47 feet (14.3 m) and a draught of 15 feet 6 inches (4.7 m). Displacement was 4,800 long tons (4,900 t) normal and 5,300 long tons (5,400 t) at full load. Twelve Yarrow boilers fed Bristol's Brown-Curtis steam turbines, driving two propeller shafts, that were rated at 22,000 shaft horsepower (16,000 kW) for a design speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). The ship reached 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) during her sea trials from 28,711 shp (21,410 kW). The ship's experimental two-shaft layout was very successful, giving greater efficiency, especially at lower speeds, than the four-shaft arrangement of her sister ships. The boilers used both fuel oil and coal, with 1,353 long tons (1,375 t) of coal and 256 long tons (260 t) tons of oil carried, which gave a range of 5,830 nautical miles (10,800 km; 6,710 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
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