Ships of the Royal Navy . long sheer forward, the hull side being perpendicularfor some feet before the flare commences. Dimensions.—565 between perpendiculars and about 600 feet over all; x 54| (no bulges) X 18Jfeet mean. = 7,600 tons nominal displacement. Armament.—Seven 6-inch guns distributed as in the Hawkins excepting that the aftermost gunis brought up to the boat deck abaft the third funnel; two 4-inch and sixteen smaller guns. Twelvetorpedo tubes in four triple mountings are carried in the waist. Machinery.—Turbines of 80,000 driving 4 screws = 33 knots at light and 32 knots
Ships of the Royal Navy . long sheer forward, the hull side being perpendicularfor some feet before the flare commences. Dimensions.—565 between perpendiculars and about 600 feet over all; x 54| (no bulges) X 18Jfeet mean. = 7,600 tons nominal displacement. Armament.—Seven 6-inch guns distributed as in the Hawkins excepting that the aftermost gunis brought up to the boat deck abaft the third funnel; two 4-inch and sixteen smaller guns. Twelvetorpedo tubes in four triple mountings are carried in the waist. Machinery.—Turbines of 80,000 driving 4 screws = 33 knots at light and 32 knots at full loaddisplacement. 8 Yarrow boilers. About 1,600 tons of oil fuel. Protection.—As in the D class. Appearance.—The widely spaced boiler rooms necessitate three funnels which give them a distinctiveprofile. EMERALD.—Commenced by Armstrongs and completed at Chatham Dockyard, Sept., 1918—1922 or —Commenced at Clydebank and completed at Devonport Dockyard, June, 1918— 1922 or 1923. 90. Emerald. [l-rom a drawing by Oscar Parkes] 91
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