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H.M.S. Dublin
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 68 (1914)
57 (Jan 1918)
42 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Beardmore
Laid Down: 17 November, 1910
Launched: 30 April, 1912
Commissioned: 11 March, 1913
Sold: 1926
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Dublin was a Chatham class light cruiser launched in 1911. Built by Beardmore of Glasgow, she was completed in 1913. She began the Great War on the Mediterranean Station, taking part in the operations surrounding the escape of Goeben and Breslau. In 1915 she joined the Adriatic Squadron, and in April, 1916, she joined the Second Light Cruiser Squadron in the Grand Fleet, where she remained for the rest of the war. She was sold for breaking up in 1926.

Career

Alterations

Dublin was fitted with a director in January, 1918. This alteration may have required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 46.
  2. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. pp. 11-12.
  3. ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 780.

Bibliography

Template:Chatham Class (1911)


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