Liverpool HMS 1910

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john sefton
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Liverpool HMS 1910

Post by john sefton » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:00 pm

Light Cruiser, 4800 tons.
Completed 1910. Turbine engines of 22,000 H.P. giving a speed of 25 knots.
Armament 2 x 6in and 10 x 4inch and small quick fifing guns with 2 submerged torpedo tubes.
Coal capacity 850 tons.
Compliment 375 officers and men.

HMS Liverpool was a 4,800 ton Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1909. Named for the port city of Liverpool, the cruiser served continuously in home waters subordinated to the Home Fleet from 1909 through the initial stages of the First World War.
During the war, Liverpool fought in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, operated off the coast of West Africa, and served in the Adriatic and Aegean. The cruiser was notably involved in the rescue of the crew of Audacious on 27 October 1914 and attempted to tow the ship to port before the battleship capsized and exploded. After the Armistice was signed, Liverpool served in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War until placed in reserve in June 1919.
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The label does not look like the same ship. Is the design of the label poor or was there another HMS Liverpool?
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