Sydney
II Specifications |
Type:
Light Cruiser
Crew:
645
|
| Dimensions/Masses |
Maximum displacement:
8940 tons| Length: 171.40 m
Width:
17.285 m | Draught: 5.26 m |
| Propulsion/Performances |
Maximum speed: 32.5
knots (60.2 km/h)
Range: 7000 nautical
miles (13000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts, 72,000
shp |
| Armor |
- 1-inch (25 mm) hull plating
- 3-inch (76 mm) belt over machinery spaces
- 2-inch (51 mm) belt over magazines and shell rooms
|
| Armament |
- 8 x 6-inch (150 mm) breech-loading Mk XXIII guns (4 x Mk XXI twin
turrets)
- 4 x 4-inch (100 mm) quick firing Mk V guns (4 x Mk IV single high-angle
mountings)
- 12 x 0.5-inch (13 mm) Vickers Mk III machine guns (3 x Mk II quadruple
mountings)
- 14 x 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Lewis machine guns (reduced to 9 before
1939)
- 2 x 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns (removed before 1939)
- 8 x 21-inch (530 mm) deck-mounted torpedo tubes (2 x QR Mk VII
quadruple mountings, 8 x Mk 9 torpedoes)
- 4 x 3-pounder (47-mm, 1.9-in) Hochkiss quick-firing saluting guns
(removed in 1940)
- 1 x Supermarine Walrus
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