:::: Naval Vessels - GREAT BRITAIN - CRUISERS
"ADMIRAL" CLASS
Code - N1301
£1.35
Date - 1940
Description - "ADMIRAL"CLASS N1301
4 heavy cruisers authorised 1940. Design amended
1941 as model, but all finally cancelled June 1943.
Sisters:- Benbow, Effingham and probably
Blake & Hawke. Displacement 16,200 tons
Dimensions 657' x 80' x 22 ½ '
Armament 9 x 8"
12 x 4" A.A.
16 x 2 pdr
Torpedo Tubes 6 x 21"
Armour 4 ½ " Belt, 2" Deck
Speed 32 ¼ knots
