HMS London (69)

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History
United Kingdom
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
General characteristics
Class and type	County-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	9,750 tons standard 13,315 tons full load
Length	633 ft (193 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draught	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Eight Admiralty 3-drum boilers Four shaft Parsons geared turbines 80,000 shp (60 MN)
Speed	32 knots (59.3 km/h)
Range	9,120 nmi at 12 kn
Complement	784
Armament	8 × BL 8-inch (203 mm L/50) Mk.VIII in twin mounts Mk.I* 4–8 × QF 4-inch (102 mm L/45) Mk.V in single mounts HA Mk.III 4 × QF 2 pdr (40 mm L/39) Mk.II in single mounts HA Mk.I 8 × QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm L/50) Mk.III in quad mounts Mk.I 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes in quad mounts
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.