- Design and description
- Service history
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=(as built) | Arethusa|cruiser (1913)|0}} light cruiser | 3512|LT|t|0}} | 410|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} p/p- {{convert|436|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} o/a
| 39|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | 15|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} (mean, deep load) | 40000|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion= 4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines | 28.5|kn|lk=in|abbr=on}} | 5000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn}} | Ship complement=270 | 6|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} Mk XII guns- 6 × single QF {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} Mk V guns
- 1 × single QF 3-pounder {{convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-aircraft gun
- 4 × {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} torpedo tubes
| 1|-|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}- Deck: {{convert|1|in|mm|abbr=on}}
}} | HMS Galatea was one of eight {{sclass-|Arethusa|cruiser (1913)|0}} light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped. Design and descriptionThe Arethusa-class cruisers were intended to lead destroyer flotillas and defend the fleet against attacks by enemy destroyers. The ships were {{convert|456|ft|6|in|m|1}} long overall, with a beam of {{convert|49|ft|10|in|m|1}} and a deep draught of {{convert|15|ft|3|in|m|1}}. Displacement was {{convert|5185|LT|t|lk=on}} at normal[1] and {{convert|5795|LT|t}} at full load. Arethusa was powered by four Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of {{convert|40000|ihp|lk=in}}. The turbines used steam generated by eight Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of about {{convert|28.5|kn|lk=in}}.[2] She carried {{convert|840|LT|t|0}} tons of fuel oil[1] that gave a range of {{convert|5000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|16|kn}}.[3] The main armament of the Arethusa-class ships was two BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns that were mounted on the centreline fore and aft of the superstructure and six QF 4-inch Mk V guns in waist mountings. They were also fitted with a single QF 3-pounder {{convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-aircraft gun and four {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} torpedo tubes in two twin mounts.[2] Service historyShe was launched on 14 May 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard. On her commissioning she was assigned as the leader to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich Force, guarding the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On 4 May 1916, she took part in the shooting down of Zeppelin L 7. At the Battle of Jutland, she was the flagship of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore E.S. Alexander-Sinclair. She was the first ship to report the presence of German ships, triggering the battle. Galatea was also the first to receive a hit by the German light cruiser {{SMS|Elbing}}, but no explosion occurred. She was sold for scrapping on 25 October 1921.[4] Mount Galatea in Alberta, Canada is named after this ship. Notes1. ^1 Friedman 2010, p. 384
2. ^1 Gardiner & Gray, p. 55
3. ^Pearsall, Part I, p. 210
4. ^Gardiner & Gray, p. 56
Bibliography - {{Colledge}}
- {{cite book|last=Corbett|first=Julian|authorlink=Julian Corbett|title=Naval Operations to the Battle of the Falklands|edition=2nd, reprint of the 1938|series=History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents|volume=I|publisher=Imperial War Museum and Battery Press|location=London and Nashville, Tennessee|isbn=0-89839-256-X}}
- {{cite book|last=Corbett|first=Julian|authorlink=Julian Corbett|title=Naval Operations|edition=reprint of the 1929 second|series=History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents|volume=II|year=1997|publisher=Imperial War Museum in association with the Battery Press|location=London and Nashille, Tennessee|isbn=1-870423-74-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After|year=2010|publisher=Seaforth|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK|isbn=978-1-59114-078-8}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=Naval Weapons of World War One|publisher=Seaforth|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84832-100-7}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921|year=1984|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|lastauthoramp=Y}}
- {{cite book|last=Newbolt|first=Henry|title=Naval Operations|edition=reprint of the 1931|series=History of the Great War Based on Official Documents|volume=V|year=1996|publisher=Battery Press|location=Nashville, Tennessee|isbn=0-89839-255-1}}
- {{cite journal|last=Pearsall|first=Alan|year=1984|title=Arethusa Class Cruisers, Part I|journal=Warship|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|volume=VIII|pages=203–11|isbn=0-87021-983-9}}
- {{cite journal|last=Pearsall|first=Alan|year=1984|title=Arethusa Class Cruisers, Part II|journal=Warship|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|volume=VIII|pages=258–65|isbn=0-87021-983-9}}
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