HMS Sussex (96)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sussex
Namesake	Sussex
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down	1 February 1927
Launched	22 February 1928
Commissioned	19 March 1929
Decommissioned	3 January 1950
Identification	Pennant number: 96
Fate	Scrapping started on 23 February 1950 at Arnott Young, Dalmuir.
General characteristics
Class and type	County-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	9,750 tons standard 13,315 tons full load
Length	633 ft (193 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draught	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Eight Admiralty 3-drum boilers Four shaft Parsons geared turbines 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
Speed	32 knots (59.3 km/h)
Range	2,546 nmi (4,715 km) at 31.5 knots, 10,862 nmi (20,116 km) at 12 knots; 3,210 tons fuel oil
Complement	650 (peace), 820 (war)
Armament	Original configuration: 8 × 8 in (203 mm) dual guns, 4 × 4 in (102 mm) single AA guns, 4 × 2 pdr (40 mm) single pom-poms, 2 × 2-pdr (40 mm) quad pom-poms, 2 × 0.5 in MG quadruple Vickers machine gun mount, 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes.
Armour	1 to 4 in magazine box protection, 1.375 in deck, 1 in side-plating, turrets and bulkheads, 4 internal boiler room sides (added 1936–1940).
Aircraft carried	One aircraft, later three. One catapult.

HMS Sussex was one of the London sub-class of the County-class heavy cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 1 February 1927, launched on 22 February 1928 and completed on 19 March 1929.