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soon shelved however due to the difficulties in actually manufacturing an effective quadruple 6 in turret and so the class reverted to the original main armament design, although improved through a "long trunk" Mk XXIII turret design, which reduced the crew requirements and increased the speed of the ammunition hoists. Four extra 4 in (102 mm) "High Angle Low Angle" guns and eight extra 2-pounder (40 mm) guns and further armour protection were added instead.
51:
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674:, improved surface fire control and long range radar and an improved but still unreliable version of the Glasshouse Directors with Type 275 'lock and follow' radar, with flyplane control for the twin 4-inch guns with elevation speed increased to 15–20 degrees per second to engage faster jet aircraft. Similar electronic alterations were made to
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class were longer at 614 ft (187 m) compared to 592 ft (180 m), initially to allow an increase in the main armament from twelve 6 in (152 mm) guns in four triple turrets as in the two previous sub-classes, to sixteen 6 in guns in four quadruple turrets. The idea was
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s added a second director control tower for two channels of fire at long range against ship or shore targets and better protection against plunging fire with a redesigned deck, an intermediate layer of armour above the magazines and machinery area and received thicker armour on the gun turrets. The
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in triple turrets, with the centre gun mounted 30 in (76 cm) behind the two outer guns to prevent interference between the shells in flight and to give the gunners more room to work in. The turret roofs had cutouts at the front to allow extreme elevation, originally intended to give the
601:
Like their US and
Japanese counterparts of that era, the Town-class cruisers were "light cruisers" in the strict terms of the London Treaty, which defined a "light cruiser" as one having a main armament no greater than 6.1 in (155 mm) calibre. All three major naval powers sought to
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s, because they were longer and had more room. They still had substantial modifications to their weaponry, including addition of 40 mm Bofors guns. The addition of radar equipment during the Second World War aided the ships' combat effectiveness.
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extra weight is balanced with extra beam, increased from 64.02 ft in the
Southampton to 64.10 ft in the three Gloucester ships and more propulsion power with 82,000 shp engines to maintain speed and add more electrical generation.
906:
The first Town-class ship was launched in 1936 and commissioned in 1937, just two years before the outbreak of war. The class saw much service during the Second World War and took part in many famous actions, such as the sinking of the
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had one aft turret replaced by two quad 40 mm Bofors guns during the Second World War, since there was insufficient space to fit the needed extra anti-aircraft guns and retain the turret. This was not a problem in the
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In
Bassett's book, it was speculated that the entire class would have conformed to a theme representative of Greek history and mythos had the Admiralty decided against renaming the two vessels.
938:— were sunk during the war. The surviving ships continued in active service to the end of the 1950s, some seeing action during the Korean War. The last Town-class ship to be scrapped was
1939:
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being doubtful of the benefits offered by the knuckle design. This modification was introduced during construction in March 1935 but was not continued in the follow-on
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was the Royal Navy's latest light cruiser design, with the intention that it number six vessels. Following the new, heavily armed small cruisers of the United States
796:, was built with a fully flared bow and is easily distinguished by the lack of the prominent knuckle found on her sister-ships. This was due to some elements in the
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622:(ABU) which allowed the guns to be loaded with time-fuzed shells and then fired when the target aircraft reached a set range. These ships were equipped with the
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775:. Based on the initial design chosen in November 1933, the estimated cost of the new ships was £2.1m each compared to an estimated cost of £1.6m each for a
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was fitted with MRS 8 HACDT to combine 40 mm and twin 4-inch AA fire and to permit the use of 40 mm proximity fuze ammunition as used by the
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circumvent the limitations on heavy cruiser numbers by building light cruisers that were equal in size and effective power to
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Initially the class was designated the "M" or "Minotaur" class but was renamed the Town class in
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had a less extensive refit to allow her to be sent quickly if needed in the Suez crisis of 1956.
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Construction Of British Warships 1939–1945, Vol 1 Major Surface Vessels
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Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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606:. These ships made up for their smaller calibre guns by carrying more of them.
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was put into reserve in 1952 to preserve it for potential modernisation and
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Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval
History of World War Two
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during the 1930s. The Towns were designed within the constraints of the
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were considered by the
Admiralty in 1940 but were eventually rejected.
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1789:(Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
417:(9,800 km; 6,100 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
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953:
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Campbell, N.J.M. (1980). "Great
Britain". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.).
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were partially reconstructed in 1949–51 with enclosed bridges, new
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Cruiser Birmingham: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans
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AA fire control system for the secondary armament and the
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Mk XXIII turret with squared-off contours mounted on the
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QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mark VIII pom-pom anti-aircraft guns
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Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia
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British & Empire Warships of the Second World War
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had the pom pom and 20 mm armament replaced by
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Mk XXII turret with rounded contours mounted on the
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2004:
1955:
2135:British naval ship classes of the Second World War
569:of 1930. The ships were built in the sub-classes,
519:6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
1570:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
514:.5-inch (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns
630:for surface fire control of the main armament.
266:classes: 591 ft 7.2 in (180.3 m)
1767:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1698:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1591:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1553:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
1389:Scuttled following torpedo attack, 2 May 1942
645:The secondary armament consisted of four twin
297:classes: 64 ft 10.8 in (19.8 m)
272:class: 613 ft 7.2 in (187.0 m)
2120:
1933:
1615:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
680:but it received less structural alteration.
8:
1572:. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 2–85.
324:class: 22 ft 7.2 in (6.89 m)
461:QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mark VIII pom-pom guns
318:class: 20 ft 7.2 in (6.28 m)
287:class: 62 ft 3.6 in (19.0 m)
2127:
2113:
2105:
1940:
1926:
1918:
1740:(2nd ed.). Durham, UK: G.A.M. Books.
1655:British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After
1451:
1449:
1447:
1445:
967:
447:BL 6 in (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns
2096:List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy
359:classes: 82,500 shp (61,500 kW)
1763:Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1980).
454:QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI guns
1632:"Britain 6"/50 (15.2 cm) BL Mark XXIII"
1432:
1413:
960:, a role she has performed since 1971.
581:, each sub-class adding more weaponry.
493:BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns
247:class: 13,175 long tons (13,386 t)
241:class: 11,930 long tons (12,120 t)
30:For the Town class of World War I, see
1274:Scuttled following torpedo attack off
942:in 1967. One ship of the Town class —
45:
3381:Laid down and completed after the war
1827:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
1808:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
1676:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
1657:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
866:All were heavily modified during the
854:Additional ships using the design of
500:QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns
7:
1674:Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns And Gunnery
536:(removed in the latter part of WWII)
1088:Scuttled following air attack off
25:
1853:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
1765:British Cruisers of World War Two
468:.5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers
403:(59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
1717:. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books.
83:
49:
1898:. London: Imperial War Museum.
609:All ships of the class carried
312:class: 20 ft (6.10 m)
27:Class of British light cruisers
3412:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
1589:Naval Weapons of World War Two
1307:Sunk following air attack off
751:, the last two planned ships,
1:
1892:In Trust for the Nation: HMS
3146:Harbour defence motor launch
628:Admiralty Fire Control Table
1500:Raven & Roberts, p418-9
389:(59 km/h; 37 mph)
3433:
3417:Town-class cruisers (1936)
3326:Merchant aircraft carriers
36:
29:
3356:
2093:
2067:
1672:Friedman, Norman (2013).
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1325:
1315:
1282:
1245:
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1133:
1096:
1051:
1019:
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948:— remains, moored on the
203:
65:
48:
32:Town-class cruiser (1910)
18:Town class cruiser (1936)
1630:DiGiulian, Tony (2017).
1549:Brown, David K. (1995).
1518:Campbell 1985, pp. 35–36
1509:Waters (2019), pp. 42-44
956:as a museum-ship of the
616:anti-aircraft capability
338:Admiralty 3-drum boilers
37:Not to be confused with
3375:Completed after the war
3340:Armed merchant cruisers
3151:Fairmile B motor launch
2204:Light aircraft carriers
1823:Waters, Conrad (2018).
1804:Waters, Conrad (2019).
1609:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
1587:Campbell, John (1985).
909:German battleship
611:BL 6-inch Mk XXIII guns
204:General characteristics
3347:Ocean boarding vessels
3333:Fighter catapult ships
1890:Wingate, John (2004).
1482:Waters (2018), pp. 7-8
1294:HM Dockyard, Devonport
1182:HM Dockyard, Devonport
843:
731:In the mid-1930s, the
642:
598:
1842:Watton, Ross (1985).
1713:McCart, Neil (2012).
1464:Bassett (1988), p. 7.
832:
636:
592:
477:21-inch (533 mm)
442:classes, as designed:
3285:Submarine depot ship
3179:-class river gunboat
3171:Insect-class gunboat
1732:Otter, Ken (2001) .
1527:Waters (2019), p. 46
1491:Waters (2018), p. 17
788:Uniquely, the final
655:Remote Power Control
39:Town-class destroyer
1949:Town-class cruisers
1875:. London: Cassell.
1851:Anatomy of the Ship
1715:Town Class Cruisers
1473:Waters (2018), p. 7
970:
958:Imperial War Museum
792:class cruiser, HMS
651:2-pdr quad pom-poms
567:London Naval Treaty
541:Aviation facilities
488:class, as designed:
345:class: 75,000
3184:Type Two 63 ft HSL
3156:Motor torpedo boat
2542:Thornycroft type (
1738:: The Untold Story
1402:Fiji-class cruiser
1298:22 September 1936
1108:Vickers-Armstrongs
1092:, 11 January 1941
1026:Vickers-Armstrongs
969:Construction data
968:
862:Later improvements
844:
643:
599:
531:Supermarine Walrus
116:Crown Colony class
3394:
3393:
3266:Seaplane carriers
2534:Destroyer leaders
2142:Aircraft carriers
2102:
2101:
1834:978-1-5267-2497-7
1815:978-1-5267-1885-3
1724:978-1-904-45952-1
1683:978-1-84832-177-9
1664:978-1-59114-078-8
1622:978-1-86176-281-8
1536:Otter, Chapter 14
1393:
1392:
1380:30 December 1936
1340:10 December 1936
1332:Harland and Wolff
1278:, 13 August 1942
1228:17 February 1936
1192:18 November 1937
1189:1 September 1936
1159:9 September 1937
1079:21 November 1934
649:turrets, and two
620:Auto Barrage Unit
551:
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110:Succeeded by
16:(Redirected from
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1304:31 January 1939
1301:19 October 1937
1234:2 November 1938
1116:31 January 1935
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1037:23 January 1936
1013:
971:
868:Second World War
557:consisted of 10
526:Aircraft carried
369:4 × shafts; 4 ×
349:(55,900 kW)
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2335:Queen Elizabeth
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2308:Pretoria Castle
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1311:, 22 May 1941.
1257:Hawthorn Leslie
1122:25 August 1937
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1034:4 October 1934
1008:
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914:. Four ships —
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814:The subsequent
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657:(RPC). Postwar
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331:Installed power
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2381:Battlecruisers
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2907:Port Napier
2784:Bridgewater
2544:Shakespeare
2326:Battleships
2172:Illustrious
1974:Southampton
1957:Southampton
1641:15 December
1372:Swan Hunter
1351:museum ship
1054:Southampton
1021:Southampton
935:Southampton
911:Scharnhorst
790:Southampton
772:Southampton
726:Southampton
720:Sub-classes
706:40mm Bofors
595:Southampton
571:Southampton
436:Southampton
413:5,300
383:Southampton
343:Southampton
310:Southampton
285:Southampton
260:Southampton
225:Southampton
138:Southampton
97:Preceded by
3401:Categories
3222:Portuguese
3038:Submarines
2900:Menestheus
2851:Minelayers
2840:Black Swan
2819:Kingfisher
2565:Destroyers
2179:Implacable
2151:Courageous
2030:Gloucester
2023:Manchester
2006:Gloucester
1995:Birmingham
1736:Gloucester
1543:References
1439:DiGiulian.
1285:Gloucester
1248:Manchester
1220:Fairfields
1215:Gloucester
1173:Birmingham
1071:John Brown
1061:Polyphemus
988:Laid down
929:Manchester
923:Gloucester
872:Korean War
839:moored by
816:Gloucester
809:Gloucester
802:Gloucester
794:Birmingham
760:Polyphemus
694:Birmingham
661:Birmingham
575:Gloucester
563:Royal Navy
555:Town class
440:Gloucester
422:Complement
393:Gloucester
366:Propulsion
353:Gloucester
316:Gloucester
291:Gloucester
264:Gloucester
239:Gloucester
143:Gloucester
132:Subclasses
91:Royal Navy
74:Town class
3369:Cancelled
3312:Maidstone
3279:Albatross
3177:Dragonfly
3013:Protector
2997:Netlayers
2893:Agamemnon
2860:Adventure
2747:Corvettes
2672:W & Z
2667:U & V
2662:S & T
2657:Q & R
2652:O & P
2647:L & M
2622:G & H
2617:E & F
2612:C & D
2607:A & B
2594:Ambuscade
2583:V & W
2186:Audacious
2165:Ark Royal
2058:Edinburgh
2041:Edinburgh
2016:Liverpool
1981:Sheffield
1967:Newcastle
1896:1939–1972
1428:Citations
1376:Newcastle
1363:Edinburgh
1327:Edinburgh
1206:Liverpool
1112:Newcastle
1099:Sheffield
1075:Clydebank
1030:Newcastle
1004:Newcastle
991:Launched
982:Subclass
940:Sheffield
917:Edinburgh
895:Edinburgh
889:Newcastle
883:Sheffield
848:Edinburgh
834:HMS
824:Edinburgh
798:Admiralty
782:cruiser.
766:Newcastle
702:Sheffield
698:Newcastle
683:Liverpool
677:Sheffield
667:Newcastle
659:HMS
641:sub-class
639:Edinburgh
597:sub-class
579:Edinburgh
486:Edinburgh
397:Edinburgh
385:class:32
357:Edinburgh
322:Edinburgh
295:Edinburgh
270:Edinburgh
245:Edinburgh
229:long tons
196:Preserved
172:Completed
167:1937–1963
159:1934–1939
148:Edinburgh
79:Operators
57:Liverpool
3247:Monitors
3200:Trawlers
3064:Parthian
3006:Guardian
2979:Algerine
2805:Shoreham
2791:Hastings
2709:Frigates
2522:Minotaur
2508:Minotaur
2482:Arethusa
2370:Vanguard
2301:Activity
2289:Attacker
2275:Audacity
2241:Majestic
2234:Colossus
2074:Arethusa
1871:(1995).
1785:(2005).
1756:59524624
1694:(1998).
1653:(2010).
1396:See also
1149:Greenock
1011:Minotaur
985:Builder
754:Minotaur
749:-classes
741:Brooklyn
734:Arethusa
708:mounts.
614:guns an
585:Armament
546:catapult
430:Armament
102:Arethusa
3319:Titania
3291:Adamant
3272:Pegasus
3260:Roberts
3138:Coastal
3117:Amphion
3088:Grampus
3071:Rainbow
2953:Halcyon
2826:Bittern
2812:Grimsby
2722:Captain
2515:Neptune
2475:Leander
2468:Emerald
2461:Hawkins
2417:Hawkins
2342:Revenge
2315:Nairana
2282:Avenger
2248:Centaur
2227:Unicorn
2051:Belfast
1988:Glasgow
1894:Belfast
1846:Belfast
1336:Belfast
1318:Belfast
1276:Cap Bon
1261:Hebburn
1241:, 1958
1239:Bo'Ness
1199:, 1960
1166:, 1958
1136:Glasgow
1129:, 1967
1127:Faslane
1047:, 1959
1045:Faslane
978:Pennant
945:Belfast
902:Service
877:Glasgow
856:Belfast
836:Belfast
804:class.
778:Leander
710:Belfast
689:Glasgow
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509:(2 × 8)
502:(6 × 2)
495:(4 × 3)
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463:(2 × 4)
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449:(4 × 3)
304:Draught
188:Retired
60:in 1942
3253:Erebus
3211:Basset
3205:Castle
2986:Cybele
2960:Bangor
2881:Linnet
2874:Plover
2867:Abdiel
2770:Sloops
2760:Castle
2755:Flower
2727:Colony
2698:Daring
2687:Weapon
2682:Battle
2632:Tribal
2601:Amazon
2525:(1947)
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254:Length
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3232:Dance
3217:Isles
3193:Other
3082:River
2833:Egret
2798:Banff
2717:River
2553:Scott
2454:Danae
2295:Ruler
2213:Argus
2193:Malta
2158:Eagle
2085:class
2076:class
2043:class
2008:class
1959:class
1408:Notes
1309:Crete
1224:Govan
1164:Blyth
1090:Malta
997:Fate
974:Name
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2363:Lion
2083:Dido
1900:ISBN
1877:ISBN
1855:ISBN
1829:ISBN
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1791:ISBN
1769:ISBN
1752:OCLC
1742:ISBN
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1659:ISBN
1643:2019
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