HMS Dublin (1912)
Postcard of Dublin probably from before the First World War
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| Name: | HMS Dublin |
| Namesake: | Dublin |
| Builder: | William Beardmore and Company |
| Laid down: | 3 January 1911 |
| Launched: | 9 November 1911 |
| Commissioned: | March 1913 |
| Out of service: | 1924 |
| Fate: | scrap, July 1926 |
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| Class and type: | Town-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 5,400 long tons (5,500 t) |
| Length: | 457 ft (139.3 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 49 ft (14.9 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) |
| Depth: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
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| Speed: | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
| Range: | 4,460 nmi (8,260 km; 5,130 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 475 |
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HMS Dublin, together with Chatham and Southampton, was a Town-class light cruiser of the Chatham subgroup, each costing an average £334,053.
Dublin displaced 5,400 long tons (5,500 t) at normal load. The ship had an overall length of 457 feet (139.3 m), a beam of 49 feet (14.9 m) and a draught of 16 feet 9 inches (5.1 m). She was powered by four Parsons steam turbine sets, each driving one shaft, which produced a total of 25,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph). The engines were powered by 12 Yarrow boilers. The ship carried a maximum of 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) of coal and an additional 260 long tons (260 t) of fuel oil that was sprayed on the coal to increase its burn rate. At full capacity, she could steam for 4,460 nautical miles (8,260 km; 5,130 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). The ship's complement was 475 officers and enlisted men.
Her main armament consisted of eight BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XI guns in single pivot mounts, protected by gun shields. Four Vickers quick-firing (QF) three-pounder guns were fitted in the superstructure. The ship also mounted two submerged 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. A QF three-inch 20 cwtanti-aircraft gun was added in 1915 on the centreline on a mount between the funnels and the mainmast.
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