HMS Cornwall (56)
Service
- as Cornwall? — 5 April 1942947 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Cornwall
- Pennant / hull number
- 56
- Namesake
- Cornwall
- Builder
- Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth)
- Laid down
- 9 October 1924
- Launched
- 11 March 1926
- Fate
- Sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft, 5 April 1942
By aircraft (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 9,850 long tons (10,008 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 13,520 long tons (13,737 t)
- Length
- 192.02 m (630 ft)
- Beam
- 20.73 m (68 ft)
- Draught
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Speed
- 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h, 36.2 mph)
- Range
- 13,300 nmi (24,632 km)
- Complement
- 784
- Main gun
- 203 mm (8 in)
HMS Cornwall was a County-class cruiser heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 56. She was named for Cornwall. Her keel was laid at Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth) on 9 October 1924. She was launched on 11 March 1926.
She was one of 13 ships of her class. The class followed the Hawkins-class cruiser and was succeeded by the York-class cruiser.
She displaced 9,850 long tons standard and 13,520 long tons at full load. She measured 192.0 m (630 ft) long with a beam of 20.7 m (68 ft). Her designed speed was 31.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 784. Her main battery was of 203 mm (8.0 in) calibre.
80,000 shp drove four shafts.
She was in commission for 947 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 5 April 1942 by aircraft, at 1°54′N 77°54′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts, Parsons geared steam turbines
- 8 Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers
- Power
- 80000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × twin 8-inch (203 mm) guns
- 4 × single QF 4 in Mk V anti-aircraft (AA) guns
- 4 × single 2-pounder (40 mm) AA guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 1 in
- Decks: 1.375 - 1.5 in
- Barbettes: 1 in
- Turrets: 1 in
- Bulkheads: 1 in
- Magazines: 2 - 4.375 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Cornwall (56) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 8535 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons