HMS Canterbury (1915)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Canterbury.

Canterbury sometime between 1916 and 1918
History
United Kingdom
NameCanterbury
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down14 October 1914
Launched21 December 1915
CompletedApril or May[1] 1916
CommissionedApril or May[1] 1916
Decommissioned1922
RecommissionedMay 1924
DecommissionedJune 1925 (estimated)
RecommissionedNovember 1926
DecommissionedMarch 1931
RecommissionedAugust 1932?
DecommissionedDecember 1933
IdentificationPennant number: 0A (1914); 27 (Jan 18);[2] 59 (Apr 18); P01 (Nov 19).[3]
FateSold 27 July 1934 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class light cruiser
Displacement3,750 tons
Length446 ft (136 m)
Beam41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Draught15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power
Propulsion4 screws; 2 steam turbines
Speed28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement323
Armament
Armour
  • 3 inch side (amidships)
  • 2¼-1½ inch side (bows)
  • 2½ - 2 inch side (stern)
  • 1 inch upper decks (amidships)
  • 1 inch deck over rudder

HMS Canterbury was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C class.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference conways was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 48.
  3. ^ Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.