HMS Cordelia (1914)

Cordelia during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cordelia
Namesake	Cordelia of Britain
Builder	HM Dockyard, Pembroke
Laid down	21 July 1913
Launched	23 February 1914
Completed	January 1915
Commissioned	January 1915
Decommissioned	1919
Recommissioned	January 1920
Decommissioned	December 1922
Fate	Sold for scrap, 31 July 1923
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,175 long tons (4,242 t) (normal)
Length	446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m) (mean)
Installed power	8 × Yarrow boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range	3,680 nmi (6,820 km; 4,230 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	301
Armament	2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 8 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns 1 × single 6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) AA gun 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) Conning tower: 6 in

HMS Cordelia was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was one of six ships of the Caroline sub-class and was completed at the beginning of 1915. The ship was assigned to the 1st and 4th Light Cruiser Squadrons (LCS) of the Grand Fleet for the entire war and played a minor role in the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. Cordelia spent most of her time on uneventful patrols of the North Sea. She served as a training ship for most of 1919 before she was recommissioned for service with the Atlantic Fleet in 1920. The ship was placed in reserve at the end of 1922 and was sold for scrap in mid-1923.