The Cambrian Class
The Cambrian class were ordered in September 1914 under the 1914-15 Programme, and commissioned between 1915 and 1916. They had two funnels rather than the three in the Caroline class, following on from the developments in the Calliope subclass. The Cambrian class had similar armament to the previous sub-class, with its main armament being four 6-inch (152 mm) guns in single mounts. Their secondary armament consisted of eight 4-inch (102 mm) guns. They were later removed, with Canterbury and Champion retaining one single 4-inch (102 mm) gun. The rest of the ships used either two to three 3-inch (76 mm) guns.
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