HMS Raleigh (1919)

Raleigh visiting Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1921
History
United Kingdom
Name	Raleigh
Namesake	Sir Walter Raleigh
Builder	William Beardmore, Dalmuir
Laid down	9 December 1915
Launched	28 August 1919
Completed	July 1921
Identification	Pennant number: 96[1]
Fate	Wrecked, 8 August 1922
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Hawkins-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	9,750 long tons (9,910 t) (standard) 12,190 long tons (12,390 t) (deep load)
Length	605 ft (184.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	65 ft (19.8 m)
Draught	19 ft 3 in (5.9 m) (deep load)
Installed power	10 × Yarrow boilers 70,000 shp (52,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	5,640 nmi (10,450 km; 6,490 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	690
Armament	7 × single 7.5 in (191 mm) guns 6 × single 3 in (76 mm) low-angle guns 4 × single 3 in AA guns 2 × single 2-pdr (1.6 in (40 mm)) AA guns 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 1.5–3 in (3.8–7.6 cm) Deck: 1–1.5 in (2.5–3.8 cm) Gun shields: 1 in (2.5 cm)

HMS Raleigh was one of five Hawkins-class heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until 1921. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a flagship. After visiting ports in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and both coasts of the United States and Canada in 1921–1922, Raleigh ran aground off Labrador in August 1922 with the loss of a dozen crewmen. The ship was partially salvaged in place and was demolished with explosives in 1926, although she remains a diveable wreck in very shallow water.