Naval history of the Light Cruisers
including the Arethusa, Hermes and Chatham Classes. |
The crew of an unidentified light cruiser at Malta c.1920. HMS
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Arrogant
Class
Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Arrogant |
26th May 1896 |
Served as a depot ship in
June 1911. Sold for scrapping on 13th November 1923. |
HMS Furious |
3rd December 1896 |
Sold |
HMS Gladiator |
18th December
1896 |
Sank in collision with a
liner on 25th April 1908. |
HMS Vindictive |
9th December 1897 |
Scuttled as a blockship on
10th May 1918. Raised on 16th August 1920 and broken up. |
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Hermes Class
Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS
Hermes |
7th April 1898 |
Converted to take seaplanes
in 1912. |
HMS Highflyer |
4th June 1898 |
Sold for scrapping in June
1921. |
HMS Hyacinth |
27th October 1898 |
Sold for scrapping in
November 1923. |
HMS Challenger |
27th May 1902 |
Sold for scrapping on 31st
May 1920. |
HMS Encounter |
18th June 1902 |
Loaned to the New Zealand
Navy in July 1912 and then transferred permanently in December 1919. She
was scuttled in September 1923. |
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Adventure
Class Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Adventure |
9th September 1904 |
Sold for scrap in March 1920. |
HMS Attentive |
24th November 1904 |
Sold for scrap in April 1920. |
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Forward Class
Light Cruisers View
Class |
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Pathfinder
Class Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Pathfinder |
16th July 1904 |
Sunk by torpedoes on 5th
September 1914. |
HMS Patrol |
13th October 1904 |
Sold for scrap in April 1920. |
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Sentinel
Class Light Cruisers View
Class |
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Boadicea
Class Scout Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Boadicea |
14th May 1908 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1926. |
HMS Bellona |
20th March 1909 |
Sold for scrapping in May
1921. |
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Blonde Class
Scout Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Blonde |
22nd July 1910 |
Sold for scrapping in May
1920. |
HMS Blanche |
25th November 1909 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1921. |
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Active Class
Scout Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Active |
14th March 1911 |
Sold for scrapping in April
1920. |
HMS Amphion |
4th December 1912 |
Mined and sunk on 6th August
1914. |
HMS Fearless |
12th June 1912 |
Sold for scrapping in
November 1921. |
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Bristol Class
Light Cruisers View Class |
HMS Bristol |
23rd February 1910 |
Sold for scrapping in May
1921. |
HMS
Glasgow |
30th September 1909 |
Sold for scrapping in April
1927. |
HMS Gloucester |
28th October 1909 |
Sold for scrapping in May
1921. |
HMS Liverpool |
30th October 1909 |
Sold for scrapping in May
1921. |
HMS Newcastle |
25th November 1909 |
Sold for scrapping in May
1921. |
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Weymouth
Class Light Cruisers View Class |
HMS Dartmouth |
14th December 1910 |
Sold for scrapping in
December 1930. |
HMS Falmouth |
20th September 1910 |
Sunk on 19th August 1916. |
HMS Weymouth |
18th November 1910 |
Sold for scrapping in October
1928. |
HMS Yarmouth |
12th April 1911 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1929. |
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Chatham Class
Light Cruisers View
Class |
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Birmingham
Class Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Birmingham |
7th May 1913 |
Sold for scrapping in March
1931. |
HMS Lowestoft |
28th April 1913 |
Sold for scrapping in January
1931. |
HMS Nottingham |
18th April 1913 |
Sunk on 19th August 1916. |
HMS Adelaide |
27th July 1918 |
Sold for scrapping in January
1949. |
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Arethusa
Class Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Arethusa |
25th October 1913 |
Mined on 11th February 1916. |
HMS Aurora |
30th September 1913 |
Sold for scrap in August 1927. |
HMS Galatea |
14th May 1914 |
Sold for scrap in October
1921. |
HMS Inconstant |
6th July 1914 |
Sold for scrap in June 1922. |
HMS Penelope |
15th October 1915 |
Broken up 1924. |
HMS Phaeton |
21st October 1914 |
Sold for scrap in January
1923. |
HMS Royalist |
14th January 1915 |
Sold for scrap in August 1922. |
HMS Undaunted |
21st December
1912 |
Sold for scrap in April 1923. |
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Caroline
Class Light Cruisers Click To View |
HMS Caroline |
29th September 1914 |
Harbour training ship in
1924. Still in use by 1984. |
HMS Carysfort |
14th November 1914 |
Sold for scrapping in August
1931. |
HMS Cleopatra |
14th January 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in June
1931. |
HMS Comus |
16th December 1914 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1934. |
HMS Conquest |
20th January 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in August
1930. |
HMS Cordelia |
23rd February 1914 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1923. |
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Calliope
Class Light Cruisers View
Class
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HMS Calliope |
17th December 1914 |
Sold for scrapping in August
1931. |
HMS Champion |
29th May 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1934. |
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Birkenhead
Class Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Birkenhead |
18th January 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in October
1921. |
HMS Chester |
8th December 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in
November 1921. |
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Cambrian Class Light
Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Cambrian |
3rd March 1916 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1934. |
HMS Canterbury |
21st December 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1934. |
HMS Castor |
28th July 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in July
1936. |
HMS Constance |
12th September 1915 |
Sold for scrapping in January
1936. |
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Centaur Class
Light Cruisers View
Class |
HMS Centaur |
6th January 1916 |
Sold for scrapping in
February 1934. |
HMS Concord |
1st April 1916 |
Sold for scrapping in August
1935. |
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Caledon
Class Light Cruiser
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Class |
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Ceres
Class Light Cruiser View
Class |
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Capetown
Class Light Cruiser View Class |
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'D' or Danae
Class Light Cruiser
View
Class |
HMS Danae |
26th January 1918 |
Broken up 1948. |
HMS Dauntless |
10th April 1918 |
Broken up 1946. |
HMS Delhi |
23rd August 1918 |
Broken up 1948. |
HMS Despatch |
24th September 1919 |
Broken up 1946. |
HMS Diomede |
29th April 1919 |
Broken up 1946. |
HMS Dragon |
29th December 1917 |
Scuttled and used as
breakwater 8th July 1944. |
HMS Dunedin |
19th November 1918 |
Sunk on 24th November 1940. |
HMS Durban |
29th May 1919 |
Scuttled and used as
breakwater 9th June 1944. |
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'E' or Emerald Class
View Class |
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