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Chatham Class Light
Cruisers of the Royal Navy. Ships in the class were HMS Chatham,
HMS Dublin, HMS Southampton, HMS Sydney, HMS Melbourne and HMS Brisbane.
Naval history of these ships shows much active service in Jutland,
Dogger Bank, Heligoland Bight and the Dardanelles.
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| HMS Chatham |
9th November 1911 |
Sold for scrapping July
1926 |
| HMS Dublin |
9th November 1911 |
Sold for scrapping July 1926. |
| HMS Southampton |
16th May 1912 |
Sold for scrapping July 1926. |
| HMS Sydney |
29th August 1912 |
Broken up in 1929/30. |
| HMS Melbourne |
30th May 1912 |
Sold for scrapping December
1928. |
| HMS Brisbane |
30th September
1915 |
Sold for scrapping June 1936. |
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HMS Chatham |
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HMS Chatham served with the 2nd Battle Squadron once commissioned
and then moved to the 1st Light Cruiser Fleet in July 1913. She then
moved to the 2nd light cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean from
1913-1914. At the outbreak of world war 1 she was despatched to the Red
Sea and was the first ship to detect the Königsberg and trap her in the
Rufigi delta. She also managed to capture a German merchant ship called
Prasident in 1914. In 1915 she was sent to the Dardanelles and in 1916
became the flagship of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet until
1918. After repairs at Chatham due to a mine she went into reserve until
recommissioned with the Royal New Zealand Navy on 11th September 1920.
She served with the 4th light cruiser squadron in the East Indies from
1924-25 until being sold in 1926. |
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HMS Chatham, 1920.
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HMS Chatham, in dock, 1920.
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HMS Chatham, in dock, 1920.
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HMS Chatham, after mining, 1915.
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HMS Chatham, 1920.
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HMS Chatham, 1920.
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HMS Chatham in 1915 during the Dardanelles campaign
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HMS Chatham in 1912.
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HMS Chatham and Captain Sidney R Drury-Lowe.
"After the the whereabouts of the Koenigsberg was
indicated by the attack on the Pegasus on September 19th, a
concentration of fast cruisers was arranged by the Admiralty in East
African waters, and a thorough and prolonged search by vessels in
combination was made. This search resulted, on October 30th, in the
Koenigsberg being discovered by HMS Chatham (Captain Sidney R
Drury-Lowe) hiding in shoal water about six miles up the Rufigi River,
opposite Mafia Island. Owing to her greater draught the Chatham could
not reach the Koenigsberg which is probably aground except at high
water.
Part of the crew of the Koenigsberg is landed and entrenched on
the banks of the river. Both the entrenchments and the Koenigsberg have
been bombarded by the Chatham, but owing to the dense palm groves amid
which the ship lies, it is not possible to estimate the damage.
Pending operations for her capture or destruction, effective steps
have been taken to block the Koenigsberg in by sinking colliers in the
only navigable channel, and she is now imprisoned and unable to do any
further harm. The fast vessels which had been searching for her are thus
released for other service."
Taken from Army & Navy Illustrated paper in 1914. |
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HMS Dublin |
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HMS
Dublin - Name History |
| The fifth “DUBLIN” is an 8-gun turbine
cruiser, launched at Dalmuir in 1912.
She is of 5400 tons, 25,000 horse-power, and 25 knots speed. Her length, beam, and draught were 430ft., 50ft., and 17ft. |
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HMS Dublin served with the 1st battle squadron once commissioned
and transferred to the 1st light cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean
in July 1913. By September 1913 she was with the 2nd light cruiser
squadron. In February 1915 she was sent to the Dardanelles and later
Brindisi. She was damaged by an Austrian u-boat in June the same year
but was repaired and returned to serve with the 2nd squadron of the
Grand Fleet from 1916-18. During this time she saw action at Jutland
being hit a number of times in the night action. She was then
commissioned for the 6th squadron at the Africa Station from January
1920 until 1924, though she served for a short time in April with the
3rd squadron in the Med. She was then sent into reserve before being
sold in 1926, she ran aground while going to the breakers but was
refloated in July 1927. |
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HMS Dublin, 1914.
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HMS Southampton |
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HMS Southampton served with the 1st battle squadron from February
1913, she then became flagship to the Commodore of the 1st light cruiser
squadron of the Home Fleet in July 1913 until 1915. She then fought at
Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank before leading the 2nd cruiser sqn from
February 1915 until 1917 taking part in Jutland where she sank the
torpedo boat S35 and the cruiser Frauenlob whilst also taking damage
herself. She transferred to the 8th cruiser sqn from 1917-1919 becoming
flagship to the 7th cruiser sqn sat South America from May 1919-1920.
After a refit at Cape in 1920/21 she joined the 4th cruiser sqn in the
East Indies from September 1921-24. After this she was put into reserve
and later in 1926 she was sold. |
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HMS Southampton, 1913.
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HMS Sydney |
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HMS Sydney also served with the Pacific Fleet from 1913-14, taking
part in the expedition to New Guinea in September 1914. She was
escorting the Anzac convoy when she heard of the Emden's attack at Cocos
Island. She was immediately diverted and engaged Emden, sinking her on
9th November 1914 while taking only light damage herself. After this she
was sent to the North American and West Indies station until 1916,
transferring to the 2nd cruiser sqn of the Grand Fleet until the
Armistice. She was then sent to Australia in March 1919 and was given a
refit at Cockatoo Island dockyard in 1923. She became the flagship to
the Royal Australian Navy from September 1924 until 1927. She was broken
up at Cockatoo Island in 1929 but her foremast was preserved as a
memorial in Sydney. |
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HMS Sydney with Submarine J2, 1919.
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HMS Sydney. Sent in by
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HMS Sydney, 1914.
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HMS Melbourne |
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HMS Melbourne served in the Pacific from 1913-1914 and then
transferred to North America and the West Indies form August 1914-1916.
She joined the 2nd cruiser sqn of the Grand Fleet in 1916 until the
Armistice was signed. She replaced HMS Sydney as the Royal Australian
Navy flagship in October 1927 until February 1928 when she returned to
the UK. She was sold later in 1928. |
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HMS Brisbane |
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HMS Brisbane served in the Pacific from 1916-1917 transferring to
the East Indies in 1917. She was put on convoy escort duties in 1918 and
escorted convoys from Australia to Britain before transferring in
November that year to the Aegean sqn. She became a training ship in 1928
before being paid off and sold in 1935/6. |
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HMS Melbourne, 1920.
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HMS Melbourne, 1917.
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This ship is the same class as HMAS Sydney but her actual name is
unknown. e-mail us if you can help
identify this ship.
Alan Huxtable believes this is a Weymouth
class ship. The position of the gun to the side of nos. 3 and 4 funnel seems to be
relevant, a photo of HMAS Sydney (the
1st World war ship that sunk the Emden) shows that gun in the same
position as in your photo. Ronald Mar, believes the above photo is of a
Chatham class Cruiser, as the Weymouth class had ram bows and pole
mast where this ship has Clipper bows and a tripod mast. Carl Proctor
agrees with Mr Mar that this is a Chatham Class cruiser.
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HMS SOUTHAMPTON Hello im not sure if i can be of
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spaned 33 years .My grandfather servered on HMS Southampton during the
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