HMS Cambrian (1916)

Cambrian at anchor during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name:	Cambrian
Namesake:	Cambrian Mountains
Ordered:	September 1914
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Wales
Laid down:	8 December 1914
Launched:	3 March 1916
Completed:	May 1916
Commissioned:	May 1916
Decommissioned:	June 1924
Recommissioned:	1926
Decommissioned:	November 1929
Recommissioned:	March 1931
Decommissioned:	July 1933
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 28 July 1934
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	C-class light cruiser
Displacement:	4,320 long tons (4,390 t)
Length:	446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a)
Beam:	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught:	14 ft 10 in (4.5 m)
Installed power:	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 6 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed:	28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement:	368
Armament:	3 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns 6 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk IV guns 1 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Waterline belt: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) Conning tower: 6 in

HMS Cambrian was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was the name ship of her sub-class of four ships. Assigned to the Grand Fleet, the ship played only a small role during the war. Cambrian was assigned to the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets during the 1920s and was sent to support British interests in Turkey during the Chanak Crisis of 1922–23. The ship was placed in reserve in late 1929. She was sold for scrap in 1934.

The C-class cruisers were intended to escort the fleet and defend it against enemy destroyers attempting to close within torpedo range. Ordered as part of the 1914–15 Naval Programme, the Cambrian sub-class were a slightly larger and improved version of the preceding Calliope sub-class; Cambrian, the last ship of her sub-class to be completed, differed from her sister ships as she had a more powerful armament. The ships were 446 feet (135.9 m) long overall, with a beam of 41 feet 6 inches (12.6 m) and a mean draught of 14 feet 10 inches (4.5 m). Displacement was 4,320 long tons (4,390 t) at normal and 4,799 long tons (4,876 t) at deep load.Cambrian was powered by four direct-drive Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of 40,000 indicated horsepower (30,000 kW). The turbines used steam generated by six Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph). She carried 841 long tons (854 t) tons of fuel oil. The ship had a crew of 368 officers and other ranks.