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HMS Aurora in 1918 |
Career (UK)
| Class and type: | Arethusa class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Aurora |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 24 October 1912 |
| Launched: | 30 September 1913 |
| Commissioned: | September 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold to Canada |
Career (Canada) 
| Name: | HMCS Aurora |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Navy |
| Commissioned: | 1 November 1920 |
| Reclassified: | Paid off in 1921 and disarmed in 1922 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, August 1927 |
General characteristics
| Displacement: | 3,500 tons |
| Length: | 436 ft (133 m) overall |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons turbines
Eight Yarrow boilers
40,000 hp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots (53 km/h) |
| Range: | carried 482 tons (810 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 318 |
| Armament: | 2 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns
6 × QF 4 inch Mk V guns
2 × 3 inch guns
8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 3 inch side (amidships)
2¼-1½ inch side (bows)
2½ - 2 inch side (stern)
1 inch upper decks (amidships)
1 inch deck over rudder
6 inch conning tower |
HMS Aurora was an
Arethusa-class light cruiser launched on 30 September 1913 at
Devonport Dockyard.
Construction started in 1912 and she was commissioned into the
Royal Navy and saw service as part of the
Grand Fleet from 1914 to 1915, as leader of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla. In 1915,
Aurora was assigned as leader of the 10th Destroyer flotilla of the
Harwich Force, guarding the eastern approaches to the
English Channel.
Mines ready for release, seen along the port side at Aurora's stern and screened by canvas, during World War I
Her experienced crew and durability made her a natural choice as a
Flagship during many offensive operations throughout the course of the
First World War. She was the first Royal Navy warship in action at
Battle of Dogger Bank (1915). In August 1915 she took part in sinking of the German raider
Meteor. In 1918 she was again reassigned, to the 7th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet and HMS
Aurora was one of the ships present at the surrender of the
German High Seas Fleet, in November 1918.
Between 1918 and 1920, HMS
Aurora was decommissioned in order to relieve financial pressures of the
Home Fleet by the
Admiralty. Her manning was reduced to a custodian crew and the relieved personnel were sent to other units.
In 1920 she was re-activated in order to outfit her for transfer to the
Royal Canadian Navy. The RCN took possession of her on 1 November, 1920 and renamed her
HMCS Aurora. She sailed shortly afterward from the United Kingdom for
Halifax,
Nova Scotia, arriving on 21 December with two ex-Royal Navy destroyers that had also been transferred to the RCN.
After a minimal time in port at
HMC Dockyard, the three ships set out for a training cruise via the
Caribbean to
Esquimalt,
British Columbia. HMCS
Aurora returned to Halifax on 30 July 1921 via the same route.
In August 1921, drastic budget cuts resulted in the decommissioning of HMCS
Aurora. She was immediately
Paid Off,
and in 1922 she was disarmed. Her weapons were placed ashore in
training facilities and on other active ships. Her crew was reduced to
non-manned, much of her up-to-date equipment was salvaged for use in
other RCN warships. The
Aurora's hulk was left alongside a jetty
at the RCN base in Halifax until 1927 when her deterioration resulted in
city officials demanding the RCN move her. The RCN immediately sold her
for scrap, and she was broken up.
Commanding officers
- Captain H.G.H. Adams, CBE, (RN): 1 November 1920 - 1 July 1922
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