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HMS Severn (1914)

British Navy warship

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	HMS Severn (monitor).jpg
image_caption	HMS Severn
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Brazil
flag
name	Solimoes
builder	Vickers
laid_down	24 August 1912
launched	19 August 1913
out_of_service	8 August 1914
fate	Sold to the United Kingdom
section3	{{Infobox ship/career
hide_header	title
country	United Kingdom
flag
name	HMS Severn
acquired	8 August 1914
fate	Sold 9 May 1921 for scrapping
honours	*Battle of the Yser 1914–1915
section4	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class	monitor
displacement	1260 LT
length	266 ft
beam	49 ft
draught	5 ft
power	1450 ihp
propulsion	*2 × triple expansion engines
speed	*12 kn (design)
*{{convert	9.5	kn	abbr	on	0}} (in service)
armament	*2 × 6 in guns
*2 × {{convert	4.7	in	mm	abbr	on	0}} dual-purpose guns
armour	*Belt: 3 -
*Bulkheads: {{convert	1.5	in	mm	abbr	on	0}}
*Barbette: {{convert	3.5	in	mm	abbr	on	0}}
*Turret Face: {{convert	4	in	mm	lk	on	0}}

1915
2 × Yarrow boilers
2 × screws
9.5 kn (in service)
2 × 4.7 in dual-purpose guns
4 × 3-pounder guns
1 × 3-pounder anti-aircraft gun
Bulkheads: 1.5 in
Barbette: 3.5 in
Turret Face: 4 in

'HMS Severn* was a monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for Brazil, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War along with her sister ships and . She had been christened **Solimoes''' by the Brazilians, but was renamed by the British. The three ships were the first of a new type of specialized shore-bombardment warships. As a result of her shallow draught, she was very un-manoeuvrable and unseaworthy in open waters in anything more than a Force 5 wind.

Service history

Severn had a relatively successful career during the First World War with at least three engagements. At the Battle of the Yser in 1914, off the coast of Belgium, she bombarded German troops as well as artillery positions. On 10 October 1914, she survived an attack by the submarine when a torpedo passed under the shallow draught vessel. In early 1915, the twin turret was removed and replaced by two shielded single 6 inch guns fore and aft. In July 1915, the monitor was towed to the Rufiji River delta in German East Africa where she and Mersey then assisted in the destruction of the German light cruiser . She continued to serve on the East Africa station until 1918 and after a long refit in Alexandria, also served on the lower Danube until March 1919.

She was sold for breaking up on 9 May 1921 to Thos. W. Ward, of Preston, and arrived at their yards on 23 March 1923.

References

Citations

References

Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company

References

[[Byron Farwell. Farwell, Byron]]. ''The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918''. WW Norton & Company. p 145

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