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HMS Lowestoft (1913)
HMS ''Lowestoft'' was a light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was a member of the ''Birmingham'' sub-class of the ''Town'' class. She survived World War I and was sold for scrap in 1931.
==Design and description==
The ''Birmingham'' sub-class were slightly larger and improved versions of the preceding ''Chatham'' sub-class.〔Gardiner & Gray, p. 54〕 They were long overall, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was normal〔Friedman, p. 384〕 and at full load. Twelve Yarrow boilers fed ''Lowestoft''s Parsons steam turbines,〔 driving four propeller shafts, that were rated at for a design speed of . The ship reached during her sea trials from .〔Lyon, Part 2, pp. 59–60〕 The boilers used both fuel oil and coal, with of coal and tons of oil carried, which gave a range of at .〔
The primary improvement of the ''Birmingham''s over the ''Chatham''s was the introduction of lighter, easier to work, BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns. The lighter guns allowed the addition of another weapon forward of the superstructure.〔Lyon, Part 2, p. 57〕 One of these guns was mounted on the centreline aft of the superstructure and two more were mounted on the forecastle deck abreast the bridge. The remaining four guns positioned amidships, two on each broadside. All these guns were fitted with gun shields.〔 Four Vickers 3-pounder (47 mm) saluting guns were also fitted. The armament was completed by two submerged 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.〔Lyon, Part 2, pp. 55–57〕
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