HMS Norfolk (78)

	Norfolk in wartime camouflage. As she still has an X turret, this photo is pre-1944.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Norfolk
Namesake	Norfolk
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd, Govan
Laid down	8 July 1927
Launched	12 December 1928
Commissioned	30 April 1930
Identification	Pennant number: 78
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1941 ; Bismarck Action 1941; North Africa 1942 ; Arctic 1943 ; North Cape 1943 ; Norway 1943;
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 3 January 1950
General characteristics
Class and type	County-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	10,035 long tons (10,196 t) (standard); 13,420 long tons (13,640 t) (full load);
Length	632 ft 9 in (192.86 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power	80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines; 8 × boilers; 4 × shafts;
Speed	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Range	12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	710 private ship, 819 war
Armament	8 × BL 8 in (200 mm) Mk VIII guns (4x2); 8 × QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk XVI dual-purpose guns (added in 1937) (4x2); 16 × QF 2 pdr Mk VIII guns (2x8);
Armour	Belt: 3.5 in (89 mm); Citadel: up to 4 in (100 mm); Turrets: 1 in (25 mm);
Aircraft carried	2 × Supermarine Walrus flying boats (operated by 700 Naval Air Squadron)

HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy; along with her sister ship Dorsetshire she was part of a planned four-ship subclass. She served throughout the Second World War, where she was involved in the sinking of the German Navy's battleships Bismarck and Scharnhorst.

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