.jpg) Canterbury sometime between 1916 and 1918 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Canterbury |
| Builder | John Brown & Company,Clydebank,Scotland |
| Laid down | 14 October 1914 |
| Launched | 21 December 1915 |
| Completed | April or May[1] 1916 |
| Commissioned | April or May[1] 1916 |
| Decommissioned | 1922 |
| Recommissioned | May 1924 |
| Decommissioned | June 1925 (estimated) |
| Recommissioned | November 1926 |
| Decommissioned | March 1931 |
| Recommissioned | August 1932? |
| Decommissioned | December 1933 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 0A (1914); 27 (Jan 18);[2] 59 (Apr 18); P01 (Nov 19).[3] |
| Fate | Sold 27 July 1934 forscrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | C-classlight cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,750 tons |
| Length | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Beam | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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| Propulsion | 4 screws; 2steam turbines |
| Speed | 28.5knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
| Complement | 323 |
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HMSCanterbury was aC-classlight cruiser of theRoyal Navy that saw service in theFirst World War and theRussian Civil War. She was part of theCambrian group of the C class.
Canterbury waslaid down on 28 October 1914,launched on 21 December 1915, and completed in May 1916.[1] Unlike the rest of theCambrian subclass,Canterbury was armed with sixtorpedo tubes instead of the usual four.
Commissioned into the Royal Navy in April or May[1] (sources differ) 1916,Canterbury was attached to the3rd Battle Squadron in theGrand Fleet, commanded byCaptainPercy M. R. Royds, and participated in theBattle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. From 1916 to 1918, she was assigned to the 5th Light CruiserSquadron, operating as part ofHarwich Force in theNorth Sea to defend the eastern approaches to theStrait of Dover andEnglish Channel. On 5 June 1917, she and the light cruisersHMS Centaur andHMS Conquest sank the Germantorpedo boatS 20 in the North Sea near theShouwen Bank offZeebrugge,Belgium. On St George's day, 23 April 1918, she was present at the great navalraid on Zeebrugge and Ostend.[4]Later in 1918, she was assigned to operate in theAegean Sea, where she served out the rest of the war.[5]
After the First World War,Canterbury served in theBlack Sea in 1919 during theBritish intervention in theRussian Civil War. She commissioned atPortsmouth in November 1919 for service in the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron in theAtlantic Fleet. She was attached to theGunnery School atPortsmouth from 1920 to 1922, then in the PortsmouthReserve from 1922 to 1924. Following a refit, her 3 funnels were reduced to two. She was recommissioned again at Portsmouth in May 1924 to serve in the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet, before beginning another refit in June 1925.[1]
Canterbury recommissioned out of theNore Reserve in November 1926 for another tour of duty in the Atlantic Fleet with the 2nd Cruiser Squadron. She transported troops to China from 1930 to 1931, reentered the Nore Reserve in March 1931, and resumed duty carrying troops in August 1932. She wasdecommissioned in December 1933.[1]
Canterbury was sold on 27 July 1934 toMetal Industries ofRosyth, Scotland, forscrapping.
Canterbury'sship's bell is preserved atCanterbury Cathedral inCanterbury, England, and hership's badge is on display at theNational Maritime Museum inGreenwich, England.