HMS Southampton (83)
Town-class cruiser (1936) light cruiser
Service
- as HMS Southampton6 March 1937 — 11 January 1941498 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Southampton
- Pennant / hull number
- 83
- Builder
- John Brown & Company, Clydebank
- Laid down
- 21 November 1934
- Launched
- 10 March 1936
- Commissioned
- 6 March 1937
- Fate
- Scuttled off Malta, 11 January 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 9,100 long tons (9,246 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 11,350 long tons (11,532 t)
- Length
- 180.14 m (591 ft) OA
- Beam
- 18.59 m (61 ft)
- Draught
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Complement
- 748
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
HMS Southampton was a Town-class cruiser (1936) light cruiser, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 83. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company, Clydebank on 21 November 1934. Launched on 10 March 1936, she entered service on 6 March 1937.
Displacement was 9,100 long tons standard and 11,350 long tons at full load. She measured 180.1 m (591 ft) long with a beam of 18.6 m (61 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 748. Her main battery was of 152 mm (6.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 498 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 11 January 1941, at 34°54′N 18°24′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
- Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines
- Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 75,000 shp
- Armament
- 12 × BL 6 in guns [triple mounts]
- 8 × QF 4 in guns [double mounts]
- 4 × 3-pounder
- 8 x QF 2-pounder (40 mm) AA guns [quadruple mounts]
- 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Southampton (83) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//11/media-11846/large.jpg This photograph HU 69048 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons