HMS Weymouth (1910)

HMS Weymouth in 1912
History
United Kingdom
Name	Weymouth
Namesake	Weymouth, Dorset
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Yard number	827
Laid down	19 January 1910
Launched	18 November 1910
Commissioned	October 1911
Fate	Sold for scrap, 2 October 1928
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,275 long tons (5,360 t)
Length	430 ft (131.1 m) p/p 453 ft (138.1 m) o/a
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Draught	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) (mean)
Installed power	22,000 shp (16,000 kW) 12 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	5,610 nautical miles (10,390 km; 6,460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	475
Armament	8 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XI guns 4 × single QF 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: .75–2 in (19–51 mm) Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm)

HMS Weymouth was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. She was the name ship of the Weymouth sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1928.