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Name | HMS London |
Namesake | London |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | 23 February 1926 |
Launched | 14 September 1927 |
Commissioned | 31 January 1929 |
Identification | Pennant number 69 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 January 1950. Broken up from 22 January 1950 by T. W. Ward of Barrow |
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Class and type | County-class heavy cruiser |
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Length | 633 ft (193 m) |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draught | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59.3 km/h) |
Range | 9,120 nmi at 12 kn |
Complement | 784 |
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Aircraft carried | One Supermarine Walrus, one catapult |
HMS London, pennant number C69, was a member of the second group of the County-class heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters; Sussex, Shropshire, and Devonshire differed from the earlier group of Counties, (known as the Kent class), by having a smaller forward superstructure, which was positioned slightly further aft, and little armour plating. HMS London's career spanned over twenty years.