HMS Phaeton (1914)

	The 1st Light Cruiser Squadron and seaplane carriers at sea, during the operation to bomb the German Zeppelin sheds at Tondern, 4 May 1916. Visible, from left, are Cordelia, Inconstant, Phaeton, Engadine, Vindex and Galatea.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Phaeton
Ordered	Phaethon
Builder	Vickers Limited
Laid down	12 March 1913
Launched	21 October 1914
Commissioned	February 1915
Fate	Sold for scrap, 16 January 1923
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Arethusa-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,512 long tons (3,568 t)
Length	436 ft (132.9 m) o/a
Beam	39 ft (11.9 m)
Draught	15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean, deep load)
Installed power	8 × Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed	28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	270
Armament	2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 6 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 1 × single 3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) AA gun; 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm);

HMS Phaeton was one of eight Arethusa-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped.

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