HMS Cambrian (1916)

Cambrian at anchor during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cambrian
Namesake	Cambrian Mountains
Ordered	September 1914
Builder	HM Dockyard, Pembroke
Laid down	8 December 1914
Launched	3 March 1916
Completed	May 1916
Commissioned	May 1916
Decommissioned	June 1924
Recommissioned	1926
Decommissioned	November 1929
Recommissioned	March 1931
Decommissioned	July 1933
Fate	Sold for scrap, 28 July 1934
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,320 long tons (4,390 t)
Length	446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught	14 ft 10 in (4.5 m)
Installed power	6 × Yarrow boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	368
Armament	3 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns 6 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk IV guns 1 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) Conning tower: 6 in

HMS Cambrian was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was the name ship of her sub-class of four ships. Assigned to the Grand Fleet upon completion in 1916, the ship played only a small role during the war. Cambrian was assigned to the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets during the 1920s and was sent to support British interests in Turkey during the Chanak Crisis of 1922–1923. The ship was placed in reserve in late 1929. She was sold for scrap in 1934.