HMS Dartmouth (1911)

HMS "Dartmouth" was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 14 December 1910 from the yards of Vickers Limited. She was part of the "Weymouth" subgroup.

On the outbreak of the First World War, she was stationed in the East Indies and in October that year she captured the German tug "Adjutant". In January 1915 "Dartmouth" was reassigned to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet but was detached to operate in the South Atlantic in the search for the commerce raider SMS "Karlsruhe". In February 1915 "Dartmouth" was operating off the Dardanelles in support of the allied landings at Gallipoli. In May 1915 she was reassigned to the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron at Brindisi, and took part in the Battle of the Otranto Straits on the night of May 14. She later took part in the Battle off Durazzo (December 28-29 1915), with her sister, HMS "Weymouth". On 15 May 1917 "Dartmouth" was damaged by a torpedo from the submarine UC 25.

"Dartmouth" was repaired and went on to survive the war. She was sold for scrapping on 13 December 1930 to Metal Industries.

References

*Colledge
*Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
* Gray, Randal (ed), "Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1906-1921", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1985), ISBN 0-85177-245-5
* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Weymouth.html Ships of the Weymouth group]