Name / Name : | , HMS Norfolk | |
Type / Type : | heavy cruiser | |
Class / Class : | County And/Dorsetshire | |
Code name / Pennant number : | 78 | |
the Founding of the keel / Laid down : | 08.07.1927 | |
Run to the water / Launched : | 12.12.1928 | |
entry into service / commissioned by : | 30.04.1930 | |
withdrawn from service / End of service : | may 1949 (sold for scrap 03.01.1950) | |
Shipyard / Built by : | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in Govan,Scotland | |
Duration / Length : (m) | 192,86 | |
Width / Beam : (m) | 20,12 | |
Draught / Draft : (m) | of 4.88 6,60 (max.) | |
Displacement standard / Displacement, standard : (t) | 9925 | |
a Displacement of the maximum / Displacement, maximal : (t) | 13290 | |
Armament / Armament : | 8 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (4xII) 4x 102 mm/45 Mk V (4xI) 4x 40mm/39 Mk II (AA/4xI) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from 1933: 8 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (4xII) 4x 102 mm/45 Mk V (4xI) 4x 40mm/39 Mk II (AA/4xI) 8 machine gun 12.7 mm/62 Vickers Mk III (AA/2xIV) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from 1937: 8 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (4xII) 8 102 mm/45 Mk XVI (4xII) 16x 40 mm/39 Mk VIII (AA/4xIV) 8 machine gun 12.7 mm/62 Vickers Mk III (AA/2xIV) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from June 1940: 8 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (4xII) 8 102 mm/45 Mk XVI (4xII) 16x 40 mm/39 Mk VIII (AA/4xIV) 8 machine gun 12.7 mm/62 Vickers Mk III (AA/2xIV) 2x rocket post (AA) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from September 1941: 8 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (4xII) 8 102 mm/45 Mk XVI (4xII) 16x 40 mm/39 Mk VIII (AA/4xIV) 6 20 mm/65 Oerlikon (AA/6xI) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from October 1942: 8 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (4xII) 8 102 mm/45 Mk XVI (4xII) 16x 40 mm/39 Mk VIII (AA/4xIV) 9x 20 mm/65 Oerlikon (AA/9xI) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from may 1943: 8 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (4xII) 8 102 mm/45 Mk XVI (4xII) 16x 40 mm/39 Mk VIII (AA/4xIV) 12 20 mm/65 Oerlikon (AA/12xI) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from November 1944: 6 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (3xII) 8 102 mm/45 Mk XVI (4xII) 24x 40 mm/39 Mk VIII (AA/6xIV) 32x 20 mm/65 Oerlikon (AA/11xII,10xI) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) from September 1945: 6 203-mm/50 Mk VIII (3xII) 8 102 mm/45 Mk XVI (4xII) 34x 40 mm/39 Mk VIII (AA/6xIV) and Bofors (AA/10xI) 22x 20 mm/65 Oerlikon (AA/11xII) 8 torpedo launchers 533 (2xIV) | |
Gear and equipment / Equipment : | from 1931: 1x catapult from November 1940: 1x catapult 1x radar Type 286M - search for airborne targets from may 1943: 1x radar Type 286M - search for airborne targets from November 1944: 1x radar Type 274 - artillery 1x radar Type 277 - for the search for surface targets 1x radar Type 282 - artillery 1x radar Type 283 - artillery 1x radar Type 285 - artillery 1x radar Type 293 - for the search for surface targets | |
Armour / Armour : (mm) | side belt: 25, 25 - 111 mm (from 1937) bulkhead: 25 - 64 ammunition depots: 25 - 111 main deck: 36 - 76 gun turrets: 25 | |
Propulsion / Engines : | 4x steam turbine Parsons 8x 3-drum boiler Admiralty | |
Power / Power : (SHP) | 80 000 | |
Screws / Propellers : (pcs) | 4 | |
Speed / Speed : (kts) | 32,25 | |
fuel Quantity / Fuel : (t) | 3190 | |
Range/Range : (miles/kts) | 12500/12 2930/31 | |
Aircraft / Aircraft : | 2x seaplane Supermarine Walrus from may 1943: without aircraft | |
Crew / Crew : | 710 (peaceful state) 819 (state of war) | |
Note / Note : | commanders: Captain And.G.B. Wilson (August 1939 - 12.02.1940) Captain Alfred Jerome Lucian Phillips (12.02.1940 - 12.03.1942) Captain Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars (12.03.1942 - 01.07.1943) Captain Donald Keppel Bain (01.07.1943 - 26.02.1944) Commander Alan FitzRoy Campbell (26.02.1944 - 19.04.1944) Captain N.B.C. Brock (19.04.1944 - 01.09.1944) Captain John Gerald Yerburgh Loveband (01.09.1944 - ?) the origin of the name: a county in eastern England |
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HRBEK, Ivan HRBEK, Jaroslav: the Fleet of the states participating in the second world war. 1.edition. Prague: Our army, 1994. 232s. ISBN 80-206-0245-3
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