HMS Galatea (1914)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Galatea.
HMS Galatea was one of eight Arethusa-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped.
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Name | HMS Galatea |
Builder | William Beardmore and Company |
Laid down | 9 January 1913 |
Launched | 14 May 1914 |
Commissioned | December 1914 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 October 1921 |
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 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 270 |
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