HMS Constance (1915)

HMS Constance (1915)

HMS "Constance" was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was part of the "Cambrian" group of the C-class of cruisers.

She was laid down in January 1915, launched November 12 1915 and commissioned into the navy in January 1916. She was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. During her service with the Grand Fleet she took part in the Battle of Jutland on May 31 to June 1 1916, with her sisters HMS "Canterbury" and HMS "Castor". "Constance" survived the war and was considered obsolete before the Second World War. She was sold on June 8, 1936 to Arnott Young, of Dalmuir to be broken up for scrap.

References

*Colledge
*Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Cambrian.html Ships of the Cambrian class]


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