County Class Heavy Cruisers

Class Details

Name Pennant Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned
Kent Class
Berwick   Fairfield (Govan) September 15th 1924 March 30th 1926 February 15th 1938
Suffolk   Portsmouth Dockyard September 30th 1924 February 16th 1926 May 31st 1928
Cornwall   Devonport Dockyard October 9th 1924 March 11th 1926 May 8th 1928
Cumberland C57 Vickers Armstrong (Barrow) October 18th 1924 March 16th 1926 February 23rd 1928
Kent   Chatham Dockyard November 15th 1924 March 16th 1926 June 25th 1928
London Class
London C69 Portsmouth Dockyard February 23rd 1926 September 14th 1927 January 31st 1929
Devonshire C39 Devonport Dockyard March 16th 1926 October 22nd 1927 March 18th 1929
Sussex   Beardmore (Dalmuir) February 24th 1927 July 5th 1928 September 12th 1929
Shropshire   Beardmore (Dalmuir) February 24th 1927 July 5th 1928 September 12th 1929
Dorsetshire Class
Norfolk C78 Fairfield (Govan) July 8th 1927 December 12th 1928 April 30th 1930
Dorsetshire   Portsmouth Dockyard September 21st 1927 January 29th 1929 September 30th 1930

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