HMS Weymouth (1910)

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HMS Weymouth (1910) was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of the Weymouth sub-class. Built for the Navy in the 1910s, she was slightly larger with stronger armament than the preceding Bristol sub-class. Weymouth was named after Weymouth, Dorset. She was laid down on 19 January 1910 by Armstrong Whitworth, launched on 18 November 1910, and commissioned in October 1911. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap on 2 October 1928.

Key specifications
- Class: Town-class light cruiser (Weymouth sub-class)
- Displacement: 5,275 tons normal; up to about 5,800 tons full load
- Length: 453 ft; Beam: 47 ft 6 in; Draught: 15 ft 6 in
- Propulsion: 12 Yarrow boilers and Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, about 22,000 shp; top speed ~25 knots
- Range: 5,610 nautical miles at 10 knots
- Complement: ~475 sailors
- Armament: eight 6-inch guns; four 3-pounder anti-air and saluting guns; two 21-inch torpedo tubes
- Armor: armored deck 0.75–2 inches; conning tower 4 inches; gun shields ~3 inches

Career highlights
- 1914: Sent to the Indian Ocean to hunt the German cruiser Emden
- 1915: Operated off East Africa against the raider Königsberg; helped trap Königsberg in the Rufiji River
- December 1915: Transferred to the Adriatic
- 1916: Returned to home waters with the Grand Fleet
- 1917: Moved to the Mediterranean, Brindisi-based operations with the 8th Cruiser Squadron
- 2 October 1918: Torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian U-boat SM U-31, but repaired and continued to serve through the war

Fate
- Sold for scrap to Hughes Bolckow, Blyth, on 2 October 1928.