HMS Liverpool (1909)

	Liverpool
History
United Kingdom
Name	Liverpool
Namesake	Liverpool
Builder	Vickers Limited
Laid down	17 February 1909
Launched	30 October 1909
Commissioned	October 1910
Fate	Sold for scrap, 8 November 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,800 long tons (4,900 t)
Length	430 ft (131.1 m) p/p; 453 ft (138.1 m) o/a;
Beam	47 ft (14.3 m)
Draught	15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) (mean)
Installed power	12 × Yarrow boilers; 22,000 shp (16,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	5,830 nmi (10,800 km; 6,710 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	480
Armament	2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 10 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 4 × 3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns; 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: .75–2 in (19–51 mm); Conning tower: 6 in (150 mm);

HMS Liverpool was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1909. Named for the port city of Liverpool, the cruiser served continuously in home waters subordinated to the Home Fleet from 1909 through the initial stages of the First World War.

During the war, Liverpool fought in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, operated off the coast of West Africa, and served in the Adriatic and Aegean. On 27 October 1914, the cruiser assisted in the rescue of the crew of Audacious. Liverpool made efforts to tow the battleship to port, but Audacious eventually capsized and exploded. After the Armistice was signed, Liverpool operated in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War until placed in reserve in June 1919.