HMS Arethusa (1913)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Arethusa.
HMS Arethusa was the name ship of her class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She saw a considerable amount of action during the early years of the First World War, participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight and the Battle of Dogger Bank.
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Name | HMS Arethusa |
Namesake | Arethusa |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 28 October 1912 |
Launched | 25 October 1913 |
Commissioned | August 1914 |
Fate | Damaged by mine, laid by SM UC-7, on 11 February 1916 and wrecked |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Arethusa-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 3,512 long tons (3,568 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean, deep load) |
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Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines |
Speed | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
Range | 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Capacity | 840 long tons (853 t) fuel oil |
Complement | 270 |
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