| Armament
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* Original
** 8 x 8-inch guns
** 4 x 4-in …
* Original
** 8 x 8-inch guns
** 4 x 4-inch guns
** 4 x 2-pounder guns
** 4 x 3-pounder guns
** Several smaller guns (2 x .5-inch machine guns added in the 1930s)
** 8 x 21-inch torpedo tubes (2 quadruple mounts)
* On transfer to RAN:
** 8 x 8-inch guns
** 8 x 4-inch guns
** 16 x 2-pounder guns
**8 x 21-inch torpedo tubes (2 quadruple mounts - removed in 1945) bes (2 quadruple mounts - removed in 1945)
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| Badge
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Crest Shropshire.gif +
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| Beam
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20.117 m (2,011.68 cm, 0.0201 km, 0.0125 mi, 66 ft, 792 in) +
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| Builder
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William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir, Scotland +
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| Commissioned
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24 September 1929 +
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| Company
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650 +
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| Completed
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12 September 1929 +
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| Displacement
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9,850 tons +
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| Draught
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5.182 m (518.16 cm, 0.00518 km, 0.00322 mi, 17 ft, 204 in) +
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| Horsepower
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80,000 +
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| Laid down
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24 February 1926 +
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| Launched
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5 July 1928 +
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| Length
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192.938 m (19,293.84 cm, 0.193 km, 0.12 mi, 633 ft, 7,596 in) +
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| Machinery
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* Parsons geared turbines, 4 screws
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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24 October 2011 21:42:10 +
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| Photo
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Shropshire1.jpg +
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| Ship-status
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history +
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| Speed
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32 ¼knots +
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| Type
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County Class Heavy Cruiser +
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| Categories |
County Class Heavy Cruiser,
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