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HMS Southampton (1912) was a Town-class cruiser, launched in 1912 and sold in 1926. She fought at the Battle of Jutland. HMS Southampton (C83) was a Town-class cruiser, launched in 1936 and sunk off Malta on 11 January 1941. HMS Southampton (D90) was a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979 and decommissioned in 2009.
HMS Southampton was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was a member of the Chatham sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1926.
Southampton was later damaged on 16 October 1939 whilst lying at anchor off Rosyth, Scotland, when she was struck by a 500 kg bomb in a German air raid. The bomb was released from only 150 metres (490 ft) height by a Ju 88 of I/KG.30, and hit the corner of the pom-pom magazine, passed through three decks at an angle and exited the hull ...
Mk XXII turret with rounded contours mounted on the Southampton sub-class. Like their US and Japanese counterparts of that era, the Town-class cruisers were "light cruisers" in the strict terms of the London Treaty, which defined a "light cruiser" as one having a main armament no greater than 6.1 in (155 mm) calibre.
HMS Sabrina (1806) HMCS Saguenay (D79) IRIS Sahand (1969) HMCS Sans Peur; HMS Savage (1910) HMS Severn (P282) PNS Shah Jahan (D-186) HMS Shakespeare (1917) HMS Shoreham (M112) HMCS Skeena (D59) HMAS Snipe; PS Solent (1900) PS Solent (1902) RV Song of the Whale; HMS Southampton (D90) HMS Spenser
HMS Southampton was a batch two Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the city of Southampton , England , and built by Vosper Thornycroft , in Southampton. She was the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.
The lead ship of the new class, the 9,100-ton HMS Southampton, and her sister HMS Newcastle, were ordered under the 1933 estimates. [12] Three more cruisers were built to this design, with a further three ships built to a slightly larger 9,400-ton design in 1935–36. [ 12 ]
HMS Flora III, Coastal Forces MLs, Invergordon, Scotland; HMS Flycatcher, HQ of Mobile Naval Air Bases during World War II, Ludham then Middle Wallop. RNAS Kai Tak from 1947. [25] HMS Flowerdown, Y-station at RAF Flowerdown; HMS Foliot I, Landing craft accounting base, Plymouth; HMS Foliot III, Combined Operations holding base, Buckleigh, Plymouth