HMS Kent (54)
Service
- as Kent25 June 1928 — 22 January 19482,193 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Kent
- Pennant / hull number
- 54
- Namesake
- Kent
- Builder
- Chatham Dockyard
- Laid down
- 15 November 1924
- Launched
- 16 March 1926
- Commissioned
- 25 June 1928
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 22 January 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Kent was a County-class cruiser heavy cruiser, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 54. She was named for Kent. Chatham Dockyard laid her keel on 15 November 1924. Launched on 16 March 1926, she entered service on 25 June 1928.
13 ships of the class were built. 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.
Her machinery developed 80,000 shp through four shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 22 January 1948.
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
- Turret: 1 in
- Bulkheads: 1 in
- Magazines: 2 - 4.375 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Kent (54) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Coote, R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 6165 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons