HMS Concord (1916)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Concord.
HMS Concord was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during the First World War. She was part of the Centaur group of the C class.
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Name | Concord |
Builder | Vickers Limited |
Laid down | 1 February 1915 |
Launched | 1 April 1916 |
Completed | December 1916 |
Commissioned | December 1916 |
Decommissioned | July 1923 |
Recommissioned | May 1924 |
Decommissioned | October 1927 |
Recommissioned | 1928 |
Decommissioned | January 1933 |
Fate | Sold August 1935 for scrapping |
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Class and type | C-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 3,750 tons |
Length | 446 ft (136 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
Draught | 14.6 ft (4.5 m) |
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Speed | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
Range | carried 300 tons (824 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
Complement | 329-336 |
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On 25 December 1918 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer, a member of the Polish National Committee re-organising Polish state after 123 years of partitions, arrived at Gdańsk (Danzig) on board HMS Concord on his way to Poznań and Warsaw. He formed the first Cabinet of the re-born Poland which on 26 January 1919 organised the first elections.