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History of Royal Navy cruisers (heavy cruisers, light cruisers). Royal Navy cruiser website dedicated to the Southampton Class. HMS Newcastle, HMS Southampton, HMS Birmingham, HMS Glasgow, HMS Sheffield, HMS Liverpool, HMS Manchester, HMS Gloucester, HMS Belfast, HMS Edinburgh including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for the Southampton Class cruisers. HMS Newcastle was built by Vickers Armstrong and launched laid down on the 4th October 1934 and launched 23rd January 1936 and completed 5th march 1937. Served in the home Fleet 1939 to 1941, transferring to the Atlantic fleet 1941 to 1942, then to the eastern Fleet 1942- 1944, and again moving to the East Indies 1944- 1945, until returning to the Home Fleet late in 1945. finally being scrapped at Faslane, Scotland 19th August 1959.
Specifications for HMS Newcastle, HMS Southampton, HMS Birmingham, HMS Glasgow Displacement: 9,100 tons Speed: 32kt Complement: 700 Armament: Twelve 6 inch guns in threes. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and eight 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in pairs as well as eight 0.5 inch machine guns in fours. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in threes and 3 aircraft. |
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HMS Birmingham | ||||||||||||||||
HMS Birmingham. |
HMS Birmingham at speed circa 1938 |
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HMS Birmingham |
HMS Birmingham circa 1938
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HMS Glasgow | ||||||||||||||||
HMS Glasgow |
HMS Glasgow. |
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HMS Glasgow. |
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HMS Newcastle | ||||||||||||||||
HMS Newcastle Photographed 1937 |
HMS Newcastle photographed 1938 |
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HMS Newcastle. |
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HMS Sheffield | ||||||||||||||||
HMS Sheffield Photographed 1938 |
HMS Sheffield. |
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One of the Southampton Class Ships. |
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HMS Southampton |
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