Preceded by:
Arethusa (1935)Succeeded by:
Crown Colony (1940) | | | ||
| Class | Southampton | Gloucester | Edinburgh | |
| Type | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | |
| Year | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | |
| Crew | 748 | 800 | 850 | |
| Dimensions | ||||
| Length | 591 ft (pp) 558 ft | 591 ft (pp) 558 ft | 579 ft (pp) 613 ft | |
| Beam | 62 ft | 62 ft | 63 ft | |
| Draught | 20 ft | 21 ft | 21 ft | |
| Displacement | ||||
| Empty | 9,100 t | 9,400 t | 10,550 t | |
| Loaded | 11,350 t | 11,650 t | 13,175 t | |
| Performance | ||||
| Speed | 32 kt | 32 kt | 32 kt | |
| Range | 7,000 nmi @ 16 kn | 7,000 nmi @ 16 kn | 10,000 nmi @ 16 kn | |
| Machinery | ||||
| Shafts | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 75,000 hp Parsons | 4 x Geared steam 82,500 hp Parsons | 4 x Geared steam 80,000 hp Parsons | |
| Boilers | 4 x Admiralty | 4 x Admiralty | 4 x Admiralty | |
| Fuel | Oil: 1,925-2,070 t | Oil: 1,950-2,100 t | Oil: 1,950-2,100 t | |
| Armament | ||||
| Main | 12 x 6-in/50 (4 x 3) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° | 12 x 6-in/50 (4 x 3) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° | 12 x 6-in/50 (4 x 3) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° | |
| Anti-Aircraft | ||||
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x 21-in (2 x 3) | 6 x 21-in (2 x 3) | 6 x 21-in (2 x 3) | |
| Broadside | 1,344 lbs | 1,344 lbs | 1,344 lbs | |
| Armor | ||||
| Belt | 5 in | 5 in | 5 in | |
| Bulkhead | 1 - 3 in | 1 - 3 in | 1 - 3 in | |
| Deck | 2 in | 2 in | 2 in | |
| Gun turret | 2 - 4 in | 2 - 4 in | 2 - 4 in | |
| Machinery | 1 - 5 in | 1 - 5 in | - | - 0 in |
| Aircraft | ||||
| Aircraft | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Production | ||||
| Built | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total | 10 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
| Town (Southampton): | |||||||||
|
Birmingham | 19 | Devonport DYd | 18/07/1935 | 01/09/1936 | 18/11/1937 | 03/12/1959 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Glasgow | 21 | Scotts | 16/04/1935 | 20/06/1936 | 09/09/1937 | 11/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Newcastle | 76 | Vickers-Armstrong | 04/10/1934 | 23/01/1936 | 05/03/1937 | 08/1958 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Sheffield | 24 | Vickers-Armstrong | 31/01/1935 | 23/07/1936 | 25/08/1937 | 01/1959 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Southampton † | 83 | John Brown | 21/11/1934 | 10/03/1936 | 06/03/1937 | 11/01/1941 | † | Loss by aircraft |
| Town (Gloucester): | |||||||||
|
Gloucester † | 62 | Devonport DYd | 22/09/1936 | 19/10/1937 | 31/01/1939 | 22/05/1941 | † | Loss by aircraft |
|
Liverpool | 11 | Fairfield | 17/02/1936 | 24/03/1937 | 02/11/1938 | 04/1952 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Manchester † | 15 | Hawthorn Leslie | 28/03/1936 | 12/04/1937 | 04/08/1938 | 13/08/1942 | † | Loss by surface ship |
| Town (Edinburgh): | |||||||||
|
Belfast | 35 | Harland & Wolff | 10/12/1936 | 17/03/1938 | 03/08/1939 | 24/08/1963 | Preserved | |
|
Edinburgh † | 16 | Swan Hunter | 30/12/1936 | 31/03/1938 | 06/07/1939 | 02/05/1942 | † | Loss by surface ship |
