Kent Class, British Heavy
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| Tonnage | 10,900 tons standard displacement |
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| Dimensions | 584'4" by 67'6" by 20'6"178.10m by 20.57m by 12.34m |
| Maximum speed | 31.5 knots |
| Complement | 679 |
| Aircraft | 1 catapult1 seaplane |
| Armament | 4x2 8"/50 guns4x2 4"/45 dual-purpose guns2x8 2pdr AA guns2x4 0.50 machine guns |
| Protection | 4.5" (114mm) belt (machinery)1.5" (38mm) deck (machinery)4" (102mm) box (magazines)3" (76mm) deck (magazines)1" (25mm) bulkheads1.5" (38mm) deck (steering)1" (25mm) turret1" (25mm) barbette1" (25mm) bridge5'3" (1.6m) torpedo bulges |
| Machinery | 4-shaft Parsons geared turbines (80,000 shp)8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Bunkerage | 3400 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 10,400 nautical miles (19,300km) at 14 knots |
Also known as the County class, the _Kents_were built in 1928. They were notable for a failed attempt to give their main armament a useful antiaircraftcapability, by designing the turrets so that the main guns could be elevated to 70°. Their armor protection was originally badly arranged and barely adequate against 6" gunfire, constituting just 10% of the displacement, but was considerably increased during modernization in 1936-1937. They were disliked by the Royal Navy because they had large crews and were unsuited for "showing the flag," the Navy's primary peacetime mission.
Units in the Pacific:
| Cornwall | 1942-3-26 | Sunk 1942-5-5 off Ceylon |
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References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-12-25)
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