HMS Devonshire (39)
Service
- as Devonshire18 March 1929 — 16 June 19542,193 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Devonshire
- Pennant / hull number
- 39
- Namesake
- Devonshire
- Builder
- HM Dockyard, Devonport
- Laid down
- 16 March 1926
- Launched
- 22 October 1927
- Commissioned
- 18 March 1929
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 16 June 1954 (1954)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 9,850 long tons (10,008 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 13,315 long tons (13,529 t)
- Length
- 192.63 m (632 ft)
- Beam
- 20.12 m (66 ft)
- Draught
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Speed
- 32.3 knots (59.7 km/h, 37.1 mph)
- Range
- 12,500 nmi (23,150 km)
- Complement
- 784
- Main gun
- 203 mm (8 in)
HMS Devonshire was a County-class cruiser heavy cruiser, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 39. The ship was named after Devonshire. Her keel was laid at HM Dockyard, Devonport on 16 March 1926. Launched on 22 October 1927, she entered service on 18 March 1929.
Her class ran to 13 ships. The class followed the Hawkins-class cruiser and was succeeded by the York-class cruiser.
She displaced 9,850 long tons standard and 13,315 long tons at full load. She measured 192.6 m (632 ft) long with a beam of 20.1 m (66 ft). Her designed speed was 32.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 784.
Her main battery was eight 203 mm (8 in) guns in four twin mountings. Her machinery developed 80,000 shp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 16 June 1954.
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, 4 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 8 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 80000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × twin 8 in (203 mm) guns
- 4 × single 4 in AA guns
- 4 × single 2 pdr (40 mm) AA guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 in (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 Devonshire (39) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//18/media-18886/large.jpg This photograph FL 5884 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons