HMS Galatea (1914)
Galatea in 1914 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Galatea |
| Builder | William Beardmore and Company |
| Laid down | 9 January 1913 |
| Launched | 14 May 1914 |
| Commissioned | December 1914 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 0C (1914); 66 (Jan 18); 33 (Apr 18); 57 (Nov 19); N.67 (Jan 22) |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 October 1921 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Arethusa-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,512 long tons (3,568 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean, deep load) |
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| Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines |
| Speed | 28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 270 |
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HMS Galatea was one of eight Arethusa-class 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.