HMS Champion (1915)

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

HMS Champion during World War I.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Champion
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down9 March 1914
Launched29 May 1915
CompletedDecember 1915
Commissioned20 December 1915
DecommissionedOctober 1924
RecommissionedMay 1925
DecommissionedDecember 1933
IdentificationPennant number: C8 (1914); 37 (Jan 18);[1] 25 (Apr 18); P.00 (Nov 19)[2]
FateSold 28 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)
Draught14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion
  • Two Parsons turbines
  • Eight Yarrow boilers
  • Two propellers
  • 40,000 shp
Speed28.5 knots (53 km/h)
Rangecarried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement324
Armament
Armour
  • 4 inch side (amidships)
  • 2¼-1½ inch side (bows)
  • 2½ - 2 inch side (stern)
  • 1 inch upper decks (amidships)
  • 1 inch deck over rudder

HMS Champion was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. She was part of the Calliope group of the C class.

  1. ^ Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 48.
  2. ^ Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.