Английская Википедия:HMS Galatea (1914)

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HMS Galatea was one of eight Шаблон:Sclass light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped.

Design and description

The Arethusa-class cruisers were intended to lead destroyer flotillas and defend the fleet against attacks by enemy destroyers. The ships were Шаблон:Convert long overall, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a deep draught of Шаблон:Convert. Displacement was Шаблон:Convert at normal[1] and Шаблон:Convert at full load. Arethusa was powered by four Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of Шаблон:Convert. The turbines used steam generated by eight Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of about Шаблон:Convert.[2] She carried Шаблон:Convert tons of fuel oil[1] that gave a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[3]

The main armament of the Arethusa-class ships was two BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns that were mounted on the centreline fore and aft of the superstructure and six QF 4-inch Mk V guns in waist mountings. They were also fitted with a single [[Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers|QF 3-pounder Шаблон:Convert]] anti-aircraft gun and four [[British 21-inch torpedo|Шаблон:Convert]] torpedo tubes in two twin mounts.[2]

Service history

She was launched on 14 May 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard. On her commissioning she was assigned as the leader to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich Force, guarding the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On 4 May 1916, she took part in the shooting down of Zeppelin L 7. At the Battle of Jutland, she was the flagship of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore E.S. Alexander-Sinclair. She was the first ship to report the presence of German ships, triggering the battle. Galatea was also the first to receive a hit by the German light cruiser Шаблон:SMS, but no explosion occurred. She was sold for scrapping on 25 October 1921.[4] Mount Galatea in Alberta, Canada is named after this ship.

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 Friedman 2010, p. 384
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 Gardiner & Gray, p. 55
  3. ↑ Pearsall, Part I, p. 210
  4. ↑ Gardiner & Gray, p. 56
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