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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''HMS ''Severn'''''
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|comm=Jan, 1914{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career
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|fatedate=9 May, 1921{{DittColl|p. 104}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Details
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|order=Purchased 1914{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
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|name=Severn
|Pennant:
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|launch=19 Aug, 1913{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
|M.2A (September, 1915)
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|builder=[[Vickers]]{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
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|laid=24 Aug, 1912{{Conways1906|p. 42}}
|Built By:
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|fate=Sold
|[[Vickers, Limited]]
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|pend=D.70 (1914)<br>M.2A (Sep 1915){{DittColl|p. 104}}
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|Laid down:
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|24 August, 1912
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|Launched:
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|19 August, 1913
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|Commissioned:
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|8 August, 1914
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|Sold:
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|9 May, 1921
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|Scrapped:
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|23 March, 1923
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy  no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics
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|Displacement:
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|1,520 tons (deep)
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|Length:
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|266 feet 9 inches
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|Beam:
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|49 feet
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|Draught:
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|5 feet 7½ inches
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|Propulsion:
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|Twin shaft triple expansion engines, 1,450 ihp
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|Speed:
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|9½ knots (service)
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|Range:
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|2,800 miles at 8 knots
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|Complement:
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|9 officers, 131 men
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|Armament:
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*2 × B.L. 6 in /50 Mark XIV & XV (15.2 cm) guns in one twin Vickers turret
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*16 × B.L. 4 in /50 (10.2 cm) guns in single mounts and casemates
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*4 × Q.F. 3-pdr (1.4 kg) [1.85"/50 (47 mm)] in single mounts
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*3 × 18 in (45 cm) Whitehead torpedoes
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Revision as of 17:17, 23 September 2012

H.M.S. Severn (1913)
Pendant Number: D.70 (1914)
M.2A (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: Purchased 1914[3]
Laid down: 24 Aug, 1912[4]
Launched: 19 Aug, 1913[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1914[6]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[7]



Humber Class Monitor
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  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 42.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.