AMPHION
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Nationality: |
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| Type: | Cruiser, Scout (Light) | ||||||||||||
| Class: | ACTIVE - three ships | ||||||||||||
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard | ||||||||||||
| Commissioned: | March, 1913 | ||||||||||||
| Displacement: | 3,440 tons | ||||||||||||
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Dimensions: (in feet and inches) |
406' x 41' 6" x 15' 7" |
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| Machinery: | 4-shaft Parsons turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers; 18,000shp. Coal: 780 tons. Oil: 190 tons | ||||||||||||
| Speed: | 25 knots | ||||||||||||
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| Compliment: | 325 |
Sister ships: ACTIVE, FEARLESS
Notes: August, 1914 - leader of 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Harwich. Engaged in first naval action of WW I on 6 August when 3rd DF sank German minelayer KONGIN LUISE; while returning to Harwich, AMPHION hit mine laid earlier by KONGIN LUISE; sank - 148 dead.
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