HMS Chester (1915)

History
Greece
Name	Lambros Katsonis
Namesake	Lambros Katsonis
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
Laid down	7 October 1914
Launched	8 December 1915
Fate	Sold to United Kingdom, 1915
United Kingdom
Namesake	Chester
Launched	8 December 1915
Acquired	1915
Commissioned	May 1916
Renamed	HMS Chester
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 November 1921
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,185 long tons (5,268 t)
Length	430 ft (131.1 m) p/p 456 ft 6 in (139.1 m) o/a
Beam	49 ft 10 in (15.2 m)
Draught	15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) (mean)
Installed power	31,000 shp (23,000 kW) 12 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 3 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed	26.5 kn (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph)
Complement	about 500
Armament	10 × single BL 5.5-inch (140 mm) Mk I guns 2 × single QF 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 2 in (51 mm) on 1 in (25 mm) plate Deck: 0.4–1.5 in (10–38 mm) Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm)

HMS Chester was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, one of two ships forming the Birkenhead subtype. Along with sister ship, Birkenhead, she was originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914 and was to be named Lambros Katsonis. The order was placed with Cammell Laird and production continued for the Greek account after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. In 1915 the two cruisers were purchased by the British government. She fought at the Battle of Jutland where casualties included John 'Jack' Cornwell who was awarded the highest honour, aged 16.