Career
Class and type:	Town-class light cruiser
Name:	HMS Chester
Builder:	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
Laid down:	7 October 1914
Launched:	8 December 1915
Commissioned:	May 1916
Fate:	Sold for scrapping 9 November 1921
General characteristics
Displacement:	5,185 tons
Length:	456. Classes of Town-class cruiser Bristol class The Bristol class were all ordered under the 1909 Programme and commissioned in late A light cruiser is a Warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light Armoured cruiser " describing a small ship that carried armour in the same way Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British Shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries came about following the merger of Laird Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 5 ft (139. 1 m) Overall
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)
Draught:	15. 5 ft (4. 7 m)
Propulsion:	Parsons compound re-action turbines Four screws Twelve Yarrow boilers 31,000 hp
Speed:	26. 5 knots (49 km/h)
Range:	carried 1172 tons fuel oil
Complement:	402
Armament:	10 x BL 5. 5 inch Mark I (140 mm) /50 guns on mountings CP Mk. I one 3 inch (76 mm) guns 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	2 inch belt 1. 5 inch deck 4 inch conning tower

HMS Chester was one of two Town class light cruisers originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914. Classes of Town-class cruiser Bristol class The Bristol class were all ordered under the 1909 Programme and commissioned in late A light cruiser is a Warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light Armoured cruiser " describing a small ship that carried armour in the same way The Hellenic Navy ( HN) ( Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, Polemikó Naftikó, abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year She was to be named Lambros Katsonis. The order was placed with Cammell Laird and production continued for the Greek account after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British Shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries came about following the merger of Laird World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In 1915, however, the two cruisers were purchased by the British government. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at

Design

One of Chester's 5. 5 inch guns at the Imperial War Museum, London

The two Greek ships differed from standard British practice in several ways: the main armament consisted of the new 5. 5 inch (140mm) Coventry Ordnance Works gun. Coventry Ordnance Works was a British manufacturer of heavy guns particularly Naval artillery. This weapon was significantly lighter than the standard 6 inch gun and fired an 85 lb shell rather than the 100 lb shell of the 6 inch weapon. It therefore had a higher rate of fire with little loss in hitting power ^[1]. Chester adopted oil firing machinery which was novel practice for the Royal Navy at the time.

Service

HMS Chester, showing damage sustained at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

The ship was laid down on 7 October 1914, launched on 8 December 1915 and entered service in May 1916, three weeks before the Battle of Jutland. fix various bugs per WikipediaHow to fix bunched-up edit links --> Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year fix various bugs per WikipediaHow to fix bunched-up edit links --> At Jutland she fought as part of the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron and came under withering fire from German forces. She was hit by 17 150mm shells and suffered casualties of 29 men killed and 49 wounded; many of the wounded lost legs because the open backed gun-shields did not reach the deck and give adequate protection. Amongst the fatalities was John Cornwell VC. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since Chester served with the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron until the Armistice and was subsequently placed in reserve. She was offered for re-sale to Greece but the offer was declined and the ship was sold for scrapping on 9 November 1921 to Rees, of Llanelly. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The gun served by Cornwell is preserved in the Imperial War Museum in London. The Imperial War Museum is a Museum in London, England featuring military vehicles weapons war memorabilia an extensive library open to the public

Mount Chester in the Canadian Rockies was named after this ship. Mount Chester is a Mountain located in the Smith-Dorrien Creek Valley of Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies. The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range.

References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). James Joseph Colledge (born 1908 was a noted naval Historian, author of Ships of the Royal Navy, the standard work on the fighting ships of the British Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. For a list of ships of the Royal Navy, see List of Royal Navy ships. ed. , London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose  
• Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
• Ships of the Birkenhead group
• Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1906-1922
• DK Brown. Jane's Fighting Ships is an annual reference Book (also published online on CD and Microfiche) of information on all the world's Warships The Grand Fleet, Warship Design and Development 1906-1922, Chatham Publishing 1999

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