HMS Cumberland (57)

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HMS Cumberland
History
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	9,750 tons (9,924 t) standard 13,450 tons (13,670 t) full load
Length	630 ft (190 m)
Beam	68 ft 3 in (20.80 m)
Draught	16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Propulsion	Eight Admiralty 3-drum boilers Four shaft Brown Curtis geared turbines 80,000 shp
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	Original configuration: 8 × 8 in (203 mm) dual guns 4 × 4 in (102 mm) single AA guns 2 × 2 pdr (40 mm) quadruple pom-pom mounts 2 × 0.5 in MG quadruple guns 2 × 21 in (533 mm) quad torpedo tubes
Armour	Original configuration: 1 to 4 in magazine box protection 1.375 in deck 1 in side-plating, turrets and bulkheads 4.5 in belt 4 internal boiler room sides (added 1936-1940)
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.