HMS Concord (1916)

Concord and a sister ship, Cardiff, in Copenhagen in December 1918
History
Class and type:	C-class light cruiser
Name:	HMS Concord
Builder:	Vickers Limited
Laid down:	1 February 1915
Launched:	1 April 1916
Completed:	December 1916
Commissioned:	December 1916
Decommissioned:	July 1923
Recommissioned:	May 1924
Decommissioned:	October 1927
Recommissioned:	1928
Decommissioned:	January 1933
Fate:	Sold August 1935 for scrapping
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	3,750 tons
Length:	446 ft (136 m)
Beam:	42 ft (13 m)
Draught:	14.6 ft (4.5 m)
Propulsion:	Parsons turbines Eight Yarrow boilers Four propellers 40,000 shp
Speed:	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h)
Range:	carried 300 tons (824 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement:	329-336
Armament:	5 × 6-inch (152 mm) (152 mm) guns 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) (76 mm) guns 2 × 2-pounder (907g) guns 1 × machine gun 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	3 inch side (amidships) 2¼-1¼ inch side (bows) 2-2½ inch side (stern) 1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1 inch deck over rudder

HMS Concord was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during the First World War. She was part of the Centaur group of the C class.

The Ottoman Empire had ordered a pair of scout cruisers in 1914. When the First World War started, construction was halted. A considerable amount of material had already been prepared, and much of this was used in the construction of HMS Concord and her sister HMS Centaur. Built by Vickers Limited, Concord was laid down in February 1915 and launched on 1 April 1916.

Upon being commissioned into the Royal Navy in December 1916, Concord was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, which operated as part of Harwich Force in the North Sea to defend the eastern approaches to the Strait of Dover and English Channel. She remained in the squadron through the end of the war in November 1918 and until March 1919. After the Armistice she visited the Baltic, where her duties included a courtesy visit with Cardiff to Copenhagen in December 1918, and liberating British prisoners of war from Danzig on 25 December 1918 and from Stettin on 1 January 1919.

Concord recommissioned in October 1919 at Devonport for service in the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet, recommissioning in August 1921 to continue this duty until July 1923, when she was decommissioned.