HMS Cordelia (1914)

HMS Cordelia (1914)

HMS "Cordelia" was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the "Caroline" group of the C-class of cruisers.

She was laid down in July 1913, launched 23 February 1914 and commissioned into the navy in January 1915. She was assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and on 31 May to 1 June 1916 "Cordelia" took part in the Battle of Jutland with a number of her sisters. In 1917 she was reassigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She survived the war, but was considered obsolete before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold on 31 July 1923 to Cashmore, of Newport to be broken up.

References

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


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