HMS Arethusa (1913)

Coordinates: 53°58′N 6°42′E / 53.967°N 6.700°E / 53.967; 6.700
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Arethusa.

Arethusa in 1914
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Arethusa
NamesakeArethusa
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down28 October 1912
Launched25 October 1913
CommissionedAugust 1914
FateDamaged by mine, laid by SM UC-7, on 11 February 1916 and wrecked
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeArethusa-class light cruiser
Displacement3,512 long tons (3,568 t)
Length
  • 410 ft (125.0 m) p/p
  • 436 ft (132.9 m) o/a
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Draught15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean,
deep load
)
Installed power
Propulsion4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity840 long tons (853 t) fuel oil
Complement270
Armament
  • 2 × single
    BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns
  • 6 × single
    QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V guns
  • 1 × single
    anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour

HMS Arethusa was the

First World War, participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight and the Battle of Dogger Bank
.

Design and description

The Arethusa-class cruisers were intended to lead

kW). The turbines used steam generated by eight Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of about 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph).[2] She carried 840 long tons (853 t) of fuel oil[1] that gave a range of 3,200 nautical miles (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).[3]

The main armament of the Arethusa-class ships consisted of two

anti-aircraft gun and four 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in two twin mounts.[2]

Construction and career

A tug alongside the wreck of Arethusa after Arethusa was badly damaged by a mine off Felixstowe, 11 February 1916

She was laid down at

Cuxhaven Raid and on 24 January 1915 she fought at the Battle of Dogger Bank. Later in the same year, she was transferred to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Harwich Force. In September 1915, she captured four German trawlers. On 11 February 1916, she struck a mine off Felixstowe, drifted onto a shoal while under tow, and broke her back.[4] Approximately near Harwich (51.925, 1.295) [5][6]

Legacy

One of the four relief panels on Brierley Hill War Memorial, in Dudley, England, depicts Arethusa sending out its boats to rescue German sailors from a ship it had sunk.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Friedman 2010, p. 384
  2. ^ a b Gardiner & Gray, p. 55
  3. ^ Pearsall, Part I, p. 210
  4. ^ Gardiner & Gray, pp. 55–56
  5. ^ "H.M.S. Arethusa (1913) - the Dreadnought Project".
  6. ^ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47
  7. ^ "War Memorials". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.

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