THE SHIP

Dorsetshire

Displacement: 9,900 tons standard ; 13,290 tons full load

Dimensions: 595 pp, 633 oa x 66 x 17 feet

Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 80,000 shp. = 32.3 knots Range: 2,930 miles at 31 knots, 12,500 miles at 12 knots ; 3210 tons fuel oil

Complement: 700

Armament: 4 dual 8-inch / 50 Mk 8; 4 single 4-inch / 45 QF Mk 5 HA (later replaced by 4 dual 4-inch / 45 QF Mk 16 HA); 4 single 2 pdr (replaced by 2 octuple 2 pdr); 2 quad 0.5-inch AA (added 1936-1939); 2 quad 21-inch TT.; 1 seaplane

Armour: 1 to 4 inch magazine box protection ; 1.375 inch deck; 1 inch side-plating, turrets and bulkheads

Built by Portsmouth Dockyard. Laid Down 21st September 1927. Launched 29th January 1929. Completed 30th September 1930. Sunk 5th April 1942, with Cornwall, by bombs from Japanese carrier aircraft, west of Ceylon (227 lost).

 

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