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The Apollo class carried 535 long tons (544 t) of coal for fuel. With full bunkers of coal, the cruisers had a range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). [1] Rainbow ' s main armament was two single-mounted QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns placed along the centreline of the forecastle and poop deck.
Ajax was built at Vickers' shipyard, in Barrow-in-Furness, England.She was laid down on 7 February 1933, launched on 1 March 1934 and completed on 12 April 1935. She was commissioned for service with the 8th Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station, [5] but after working up in May 1935, she was deployed instead to the Mediterranean on detached service after the Abyssinian crisis.
HMS Edinburgh was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, which served during the Second World War. She was one of the last two Town class cruisers, which formed the Edinburgh sub-class. Edinburgh saw a great deal of combat service during the Second World War, especially in the North Sea and the Arctic Sea, where she was sunk by torpedoes ...
HMS London, pennant number C69, was a member of the second group of the County-class heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy.She and her sisters; Sussex, Shropshire, and Devonshire differed from the earlier group of Counties (known as the Kent class) by having a smaller forward superstructure, which was positioned slightly further aft, and little armour plating.
HMS Glasgow was a Town-class cruiser commissioned in September 1937. She took part in the Fleet Air Arm raid that crippled the Italian Fleet at Taranto in 1940. She had the unfortunate experience of sinking two Allied ships during her wartime service, once through accidental collision and the other by gunfire after a case of mistaken identity.
Indefatigable was the successor to the Invincible-class battlecruisers.A number of options for large cruisers were considered for the 1906 Naval Programme, including the X4 design of 22,500 long tons (22,861 t) with 11-inch (280 mm) armour and 25-knot (46 km/h; 29 mph) speed, but in the end this programme consisted only of three ships of the Dreadnought type.
Baltimore was built to plans purchased from Armstrong, a British manufacturer, which were similar to an unsuccessful Armstrong bid for the Spanish cruiser Reina Regente. [1] [3] Unlike the preceding Charleston, these plans included a modern triple expansion engine designed by Humphrys, Tennant & Co. [2] Baltimore ' s initial cost for hull and machinery was $1,546,172.13.
Van Bay made two passes on the cruiser, having overshot his target on the first run, dropped his two bombs near Oklahoma City, but caused only light damage. [6] Another accompanying ship, the destroyer Higbee was damaged by a direct hit from the second MiG flown by pilot Le Xuan Di, which destroyed her aft 5–inch gun mount.