History | |
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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 | |
Beam | 49 ft 10 in (15.2 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) (mean) |
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Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 3 × Parsons steam turbines |
Speed | 26.5 kn (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph) |
Complement | about 500 |
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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.