HMS Dartmouth (1911)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dartmouth
Namesake	Dartmouth, Devon
Builder	Vickers
Laid down	19 February 1910
Launched	14 February 1911
Commissioned	16 October 1911
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 13 December 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,275 long tons (5,360 t)
Length	430 ft (131.1 m) p/p; 453 ft (138.1 m) o/a;
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Draught	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) (mean)
Installed power	22,000 shp (16,000 kW); 12 × Yarrow boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	5,610 nautical miles (10,390 km; 6,460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	475
Armament	8 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XI guns; 4 × single QF 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: .75–2 in (19–51 mm); Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm);

HMS Dartmouth was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was one of the Weymouth sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1930.

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