HMS Canterbury was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C-class of cruisers. Unlike the rest of the subclass, Canterbury was armed with six torpedo tubes instead of the usual four.
She was laid down in October 1914, launched on 21 December 1915 and commissioned into the navy in April 1916. She was then attached to the Grand Fleet, commanded by Captain Percy M. R. Royds. Whilst serving with the Fleet she participated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May to 1 June 1916. She survived the battle and was then assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, operating with the Harwich Force to defend the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On 5 June 1917, whilst serving with the Harwich force she sank the German torpedo boat S 20 off the Belgian coast. In 1918 she was assigned to operate in the Aegean, where she saw out the rest of the war without incident.
She was considered obsolete by 1934, and was sold on 27 July, 1934 to Metal Industries, of Rosyth for breaking up. Her bell is at Canterbury Cathedral.
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“Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.”
—Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)