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Birkenhead Class (1915) CC Specification 

Crew :

500. To Birkenhead Class (1915) CC Ships :
Displacement : 5,185 tons standard load; 5,795 tons deep load.

Dimensions :

430ft x 50ft x 16ft;
135.9m x 15.2m x 4.9m.
Range : ?

Armour :

1˝in - ⅜in full length deck;
2in nickel steel over 1in shell plate full length belt.
Armament : 10 x 5.5in and 1 x 3in A guns;
2 x torpedo tubes.
Power plant : 4-shaft; coal and oil fired turbines,
25,000 SHP;
Coal 1,070 tons, Oil fuel 352 tons.

Max Speed :

25˝kts.
This page last edited - 20 February, 2013.

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