HMS Liverpool (1909)

Liverpool
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Liverpool
Namesake	Liverpool
Builder	Vickers Limited
Laid down	17 February 1909
Launched	30 October 1909
Commissioned	October 1910
Fate	Sold for scrapping 8 November 1921
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,800 tons normal; 5,300 tons deep load
Length	Overall 453 ft (138 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draught	15.6 ft (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Parsons turbines Four screws 12 Yarrow boilers 22,000 shp (16 MW)
Speed	25 kn (46 km/h)
Range	5,070 nmi (9,390 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h); carried 1350 tons of coal 1250 tons fuel oil
Complement	480
Armament	2 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XI guns 10 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk VII guns 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) gun 4 × 3-pounder guns 4 × machine guns 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	2 in (51 mm), 1¾ inch, ¾ inch deck 6 in (150 mm) conning tower

HMS Liverpool was a 4,800 ton Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1909. Named for the port city of Liverpool, the cruiser served continuously in home waters subordinated to the Home Fleet from 1909 through the initial stages of the First World War.

During the war, Liverpool fought in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, operated off the coast of West Africa, and served in the Adriatic and Aegean. On 27 October 1914, the cruiser assisted in the rescue of the crew of Audacious. Liverpool made efforts to tow the battleship to port, but Audacious eventually capsized and exploded. After the Armistice was signed, Liverpool operated in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War until placed in reserve in June 1919.