HMS Dorsetshire

HMS Dorsetshire was a County-class heavy cruiser of the British Royal Navy, named after the English county, now usually known as Dorset. The ship was a member of the Norfolk sub-class, of which Norfolk was the only other unit; the County class comprised a further eleven ships in two other sub-classes. Dorsetshire was built at the Portsmouth Dockyard; her keel was laid in September 1927, she was launched in January 1929, and was completed in September 1930. Dorsetshire was armed with a main battery of eight 8 in (203 mm) guns, and had a top speed of 31.5 knots.

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length 192.86 metre, beam 20.12 metre, draft 6.37 metre, length 193 metre, draft 6.88 metre, speed 31.5 knot, speed 32.3 knot,
County-class heavy cruiser, shipwreck, heavy cruiser, HMNB Portsmouth, Royal Navy, United Kingdom,

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1930-09-30T00:00:00Z

1930 HMS Dorsetshire

1940-09-23T00:00:00Z

Battle of Dakar

1941-05-27T00:00:00Z

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1929-01-29T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1927-09-21T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1930-09-30T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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HMS Dorsetshire at Tsingtao

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Le (croiseur) Dorsetshire (CNews) - photographie de presse - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après la photographie originale de l'agence photographique) CNews - btv1b53244433g

HMS Dorsetshire at Tsingtao

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HMS Dorsetshire (40)

HMS Hermes June 1940

Survivors from the German battleship Bismarck are pulled aboard HMS Dorsetshire (40) on 27 May 1941

HMS Dorsetshire

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

link	page		Dreadnought Project page^@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page^@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Cornwall	heavy cruiser, shipwreck, County-class heavy cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1930	HMS Dorsetshire	heavy cruiser, shipwreck, County-class heavy cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Dorsetshire at Tsingtao		Commons
commons	image		4inch-gun-MkVHMSDorsetshire		Commons
commons	image		Le (croiseur) Dorsetshire (CNews) - photographie de presse - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après la photographie originale de l'agence photographique) CNews - btv1b53244433g		Commons
commons	image		HMS Dorsetshire at Tsingtao		Commons
commons	image		4inch-gun-MkVHMSDorsetshire		Commons
commons	image		HMS Dorsetshire (40)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Dorsetshire (40)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hermes June 1940		Commons
commons	image		Survivors from the German battleship Bismarck are pulled aboard HMS Dorsetshire (40) on 27 May 1941		Commons
commons	image		HMS Dorsetshire		Commons

HMS Dorsetshire

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