HMS Champion (1915)

	HMS Champion during World War I.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Champion
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	9 March 1914
Launched	29 May 1915
Completed	December 1915
Commissioned	20 December 1915
Decommissioned	October 1924
Recommissioned	May 1925
Decommissioned	December 1933
Fate	Sold 28 July 1934 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,750 tons
Length	446 ft (136 m)
Beam	41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Draught	14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion	Two Parsons turbines; Eight Yarrow boilers; Two propellers; 40,000 shp;
Speed	28.5 knots (53 km/h)
Range	carried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement	324
Armament	4 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns; 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V AA gun; 1 × 3-pounder gun; 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	4 inch side (amidships); 2¼-1½ inch side (bows); 2½ - 2 inch side (stern); 1 inch upper decks (amidships); 1 inch deck over rudder;

HMS Champion was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. She was part of the Calliope group of the C class.

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