HMS Champion (1915)

	Champion during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	Champion
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	9 March 1914
Launched	29 May 1915
Completed	December 1915
Commissioned	20 December 1915
Decommissioned	October 1924
Recommissioned	May 1925
Decommissioned	December 1933
Identification	Pennant number: C8 (1914); 37 (Jan 18); 25 (Apr 18); P.00 (Nov 19)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 28 July 1934
General characteristics
Class & type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,750 long tons (3,810 t)
Length	446 ft (136 m)
Beam	41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Draught	14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Installed power	8 Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	324
Armament	4 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 1 × single 4 in (102 mm) AA gun; 1 × single 3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) gun; 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	4 inch side (amidships); 2¼-1½ inch side (bows); 2½ - 2 inch side (stern); 1 inch upper decks (amidships); 1 inch deck over rudder;

HMS Champion was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. She was part of the Calliope group of the C class.