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HMS Cumberland
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Cumberland |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow in Furness |
Laid down | 18 October 1924 |
Launched | 16 March 1926 |
Commissioned | 23 February 1928 |
Recommissioned | 1951 |
Decommissioned | 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number 57 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | County-class heavy cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 630 ft (190 m) |
Beam | 68 ft 3 in (20.80 m) |
Draught | 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h) |
Range | 3,100 nautical miles at 31.5 knots (5,740 km at 58 km/h), 13,300 nautical miles at 12 knots (24,600 km at 22 km/h); 3,400 tons (3,450 t) fuel oil |
Complement | 679 (710 as flagship) |
Armament |
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Armour | |
Aircraft carried | Three aircraft with one catapult, removed in 1942 |
HMS Cumberland was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw action during the Second World War.