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This medium-size cruiser had weak armor protection, but boasted powerful artillery and quite a high speed. She was conceived as a "trade protection" cruiser and was designated for countering lightly-armed enemy ships of the same type.
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|Performance=<!-- write text about performance in battles below -->
===Pros===
{{AA Sidebar Warning Insert}}
* High rate of fire
''Weymouth'' introduces captains to the 152mm rifle, which remains the standard armament of the British cruiser line all the way to Tier X.  The ballistics of the shells at this tier is not particularly great, but is satisfactory given the speed and maneuverability of opposing ships captains are likely to encounter at Tiers II and III.  The ship itself is nothing spectacular — decent handling and plenty of gun barrels — and while it begins to give captains a taste of what a cruiser line without high explosive looks like, having no other damage options available besides armor-piercing rounds is somewhat frustrating.  Thankfully, ''Weymouth'' is the last ship in the branch not to have torpedoes available.
* Repair Party consumable available
* High ship acceleration


|Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
===Cons===
* Solid rate of fire on main battery guns.
* Only AP shells available
* Largest health pool of non-premium Tier II cruisers.
* Shooting accurately over long ranges is challenging
* Longest firing range of non-premium Tier II cruisers.
* Weak armor
* Best armor in her tier (for what it is worth).


|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
* Not terribly maneuverable; much longer rudder shift time than her contemporaries.
* Large detectability radius.
* Lack of high explosive shells and torpedoes makes her damage output somewhat inconsistent.
* Unattractive as a keeper ship - her limited qualities deter the development of any useful build.


|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
==Ship Stats==
The Fire Control System upgrade is less expensive than Hull (B), and is a significant boost to ''Weymouth''’s range.  Invest experience there first, then pick up the second hull.
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Weymouth (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Weymouth (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 19100 || style="color:inherit;" | 20300
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
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|OptimalConfiguration=<!-- write some general text about selection of optimal configuration below (optional)-->
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 10
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 10
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 6
|}
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|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below -->
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The recommended upgrade for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is:
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*'''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Weymouth (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Weymouth (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 26.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 26.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 560 || style="color:inherit;" | 560
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.8 || style="color:inherit;" | 7.7
|}
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|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Weymouth (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Weymouth (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 9.96 || style="color:inherit;" | 9.96
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 4.27 || style="color:inherit;" | 4.27
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 4.6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 4.27 || style="color:inherit;" | 4.27
|}
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{{Commander Skills 3 CR
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| rating11 = 1 <!-- Grease the Gears -->
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| rating12 = <!-- Swift Fish -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MAIN BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Mk II mod. 1 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Mk II mod. 2
| rating13 = <!-- Consumables Specialist -->
|-
| rating14 = <!-- Gun Feeder -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 8×1 152mm
| rating15 = 2 <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
|-
| rating16 = 1 <!-- Last Stand -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Firing range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.58 || style="color:inherit;" | 11.64
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 6.4
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 9.4
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 15.0
|}
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| rating21 = <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
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| rating22 = <!-- Fill the Tubes -->
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| rating23 = <!-- Consumables Enhancements -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DISPERSION !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating24 = <!-- Eye in the Sky -->
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| rating25 = 2 <!-- Priority Target -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion type || style="color:inherit;" | Standard CA/CL dispersion
| rating26 = <!-- Expert AA Marksman -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion formula || style="color:inherit;" | Dispersion (m) = 6.9 × range(km) + 33
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Sigma || style="color:inherit;" | 2.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum dispersion (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 106
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 5 km || style="color:inherit;" | 68
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 10 km || style="color:inherit;" | 102
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 10.58 km || style="color:inherit;" | 106
|}
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| rating31 =  <!-- Heavy HE and SAP Shells -->
| rating32 =  <!-- Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge -->
| rating33 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
| rating34 =  <!-- Heavy AP Shells -->
| rating35 = 2 <!-- Superintendent -->
| rating36 = 1 <!-- Survivability Expert -->


| rating41 = 2 <!-- Top Grade Gunner -->
| rating42 = 2 <!-- Outnumbered -->
| rating43 = 1 <!-- Radio Location -->
| rating44 =  <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
| rating45 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
| rating46 =  <!-- AA Gunner -->
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|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
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As a Tier II ship, ''Weymouth'' only has access to the {{Damage Control Party}} consumable.
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AP SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 152 mm AP 100 lb
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 1950
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 773
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 45.36
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fuse time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.004
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Ricochet start (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 65
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Always ricochet (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 80
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Normalisation (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arming threshold (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 12
|}
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'''Weymouth (A)'''


|Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
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| style="color:inherit;" | 40 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 1 × 1
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'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 10.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 90% || style="color:inherit;" | 2.5
|}


{{Signal Flags
'''Weymouth (B)'''
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| Juliet Charlie          = 3 <!-- No Detonate -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
| India Yankee            = 1 <!-- -20% Fire duration -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
| Hotel Yankee            = <!-- ram someone -->
|-
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo  = 1 <!-- -20% flood duration -->
| style="color:inherit;" | 76 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 1 × 1
| Victor Lima            = 0 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +4% flood -->
|-
| India X-Ray            = 0 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +5% you detonate -->
| style="color:inherit;" | 40 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 1 × 1
|}


| Juliet Whiskey Unaone  = 0 <!-- +15% flood, +5% you detonate -->
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
| Mike Yankee Soxisix    = <!-- Secondaries: +5% range, -5% reload, -5% dispersion-->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
| November Echo Setteseven= <!-- +5% AA damage -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
| Sierra Mike            = 3 <!-- +5% speed -->
|-
| November Foxtrot        = <!-- -5% Consumables reload -->
| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 10.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 90% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.0
| India Delta            = 0 <!-- +20% HP from Repair Party -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Long-range || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 90% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.0
|}
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| X-Ray Papa Unaone      = 0 <!-- +15% Smoke Gen action time -->
| Sierra Bravo            = 0 <!-- +10% Hydro action time;  -10% DFAA reload time -->
}}


|Gallery=<!-- write below list of files with description (if necessary) separated with | --><gallery>
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File:WeymouthAtSteam.jpg|''Weymouth'' steams forward into battle.
{{Ship Upgrades Section|code=PBSC102_Weymouth}}
File:WeymouthTakesFire.jpg|''Weymouth'' takes a hit from a high explosive shell while returning fire.
File:WeymouthCaps.jpg|''Weymouth'' takes fire as the ship attempts to capture a point.
File:APHitsSampson.jpg|An armor piercing shell fired from ''Weymouth'' is about to impact a [[ship:Sampson|''Sampson'']] class destroyer.


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|History=<!-- write text below -->
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* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} (5.0s action, 60.0s cooldown)
<h2>HMS ''Weymouth'', 1911</h2>
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Repair Party}} (3 charges, 10.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 95.5 hp/s)
<h3>Construction</h3>
:Armstrong Whitworth; Newcastle upon Tyne, England<br />
:Laid down: 19 January 1910<br />
:Launched: 18 November 1910<br />
:Commissioned: 31 October 1911
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====Specifications====
:5,250 tons displacement, standard<br />
:5,800 tons displacement, full load
:138.1m length<br />
:14.6m beam<br />
:4.7m draft
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====Machinery====
:12 Yarrow boilers
:4 Parsons turbines
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====Performance====
:25 knots at 22,000shp<br />
:4,500nm at 10 knots
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====Armor====
:Decks: 20-51mm<br />
:Conning tower: 152mm
:Gun shields: 76mm
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====Armament====
=====Main=====
:Eight (8x1) 152mm/50 BL Mk.XI guns
=====Torpedoes=====
:Two (2x1) 533mm submerged torpedo tubes
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[[File:HMS Weymouth (1910).jpg|none|frame|x400px|link=|HMS ''Weymouth'' in 1912.]]
===History===
====Design====


The previous ''Bristol''-class cruisers had a mixed battery of 4" (102mm) and 6" (152mm) guns, and with the next set of Town-class cruisers; the ''Weymouth''-class, this was changed, being fitted with a uniform main armament of 6" guns. This arrangement would prove more successful, however the 6"/50 BL Mk.XI gun and Mk.PVI mounts were unwieldy and couldn't keep trained on target while the ship was maneuvering. The high velocity /50 gun also had accuracy issues at range, so later classes reverted to a 6"/45 gun. Additionally, the two underwater torpedo tubes were to fire 21" (533mm) torpedoes rather than the 18" (450mm) torpedoes used on the ''Bristol''’s, and the first pair of main guns on each side of the ship were raised to avoid being adversely affected by sea spray.


One of the main duties of these ships was the protection of trade on foreign stations throughout the British Empire, but these ships were intended to be escorts for the fleet, or a convoy. Compared to their predecessors, the class was also equipped as flagships with extra accommodation space. As standard, the ships were fitted with four 3-pdr (47mm) saluting guns.
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The ''Weymouth''-class retained the same protective scheme  as the ''Bristol''-class, with unarmored sides, but an armored deck with 2" (51mm) slopes, and a 1" (25mm) horizontal flat. The steering gear was also protected by a 2" thick deck. The gun shields had 3" (76mm) of armor, and the conning tower was 6" (152mm) thick. This was the last class of Royal Navy cruiser to have unarmored sides. The class also inherited some of the same drawbacks as the older cruisers. The ships, due to their size, had a tendency to roll severely during storms and swells.
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Three of the class were equipped with 4 Parsons steam turbines, driving four shafts at 22,000shp for a normal top speed of 25 knots. ''Yarmouth'' differed from her sisters by having just 2 shafts, powered by 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, with similar performance. The machinery often developed more horsepower, with ''Falmouth'' achieving in excess of 26.6 knots on trials.
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The first modifications came by 1915, the emergency conning station received a shelter, the topmasts of the mainmast (aft) were cut down, rangefinders were fitted fore and aft, and a single 3"/45 (76.2mm) 12-pdr AA gun was fitted between the second and third funnels. Extra searchlights and superstructure were also fitted around the funnels. In 1917, the foremast was fitted with tripod legs to support the weight of a fire control director, while in 1918, the mainmast was restored to original height (at least on ''Weymouth''), with flying off platforms fitted above the forward gun on ''Weymouth'' and ''Yarmouth''. Additionally, a second 3" AA gun was fitted on the stern of ''Weymouth'' and ''Dartmouth'', while the conning tower was also removed on the latter. After World War I, the flying off platforms were removed.
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Often referred to as the ''Dartmouth'' or ''Falmouth''-class, four ships were laid down and completed between 1910 and 1912, the design was considered highly satisfactory.
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====Service====
 
HMS ''Weymouth'' was commissioned in October 1911 and joined the 3rd Battle Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, before transferring to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean in 1913. In the early months of World War I, she was operating in the Indian Ocean and East African coast against German commerce raiders like the SMS ''[[Emden]]'' and SMS ''Königsberg''. By December 1915, ''Weymouth'' was in the Adriatic alongside her sister ''Dartmouth'', engaging the Austro-Hungarian cruiser SMS ''Helgoland'' which was able to escape in the darkness in the First Battle of Durazzo (Cape Rodoni/Gargano). Re-assigned to Grand Fleet briefly in November 1916, ''Weymouth'' returned to the Mediterranean and Adriatic in 1917, and while bombarding shore targets during the Second Battle of Durazzo, was struck in the stern by a torpedo from the Austro-Hungarian submarine ''U-31''. She was repaired, served off South America in 1920/21, reduced to reserve complement in 1925, and sold for scrap in 1928.
 
HMS ''Yarmouth'' was the last of the class commissioned in April 1912, and initially served in the Mediterranean and then the China Station. On the outbreak of World War I, ''Yarmouth'' was recalled back to join the Grand Fleet, and while in the Indian Ocean in October 1914, took part in the hunt for ''Emden'' as well as capturing two German colliers. Joining the Third Cruiser Squadron, at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, ''Yarmouth''’s squadron was attached to the Battlecruiser force, and accompanied the Grand Fleet on other movements. In June 1917, her newly installed flying off platform (fitted to a turret) was utilised, and in August, the Sopwith Pup flown from ''Yarmouth'' shot down Zeppelin ''L 23''. After the war, ''Yarmouth'' was assigned briefly the Cape and South American stations, before being assigned to Portsmouth Signal School, and sold for scrap in 1929. She earned a single Battle Honour for Jutland.
 
HMS ''Dartmouth'' was, like ''Weymouth'', commissioned in October 1911 and joined the 3rd Battle Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, before transferring to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean in 1913, and being assigned to the East Indies station. ''Dartmouth'' would attempt to engage the German Light Cruiser ''Königsberg'' which was anchored in the Rufiji Delta in November 1914, but she couldn't get in effective range. Re-assigned to the South Atlantic to search for the already lost ''Karlsruhe'', ''Darmouth'' was then assigned to support Gallipoli campaign in Februrary 1915, earning her only battle honour there. Although suffering a boiler explosion that killed 15 of her men, ''Dartmouth'' continued to operate before refitting at Malta. This was completed in October 1915, in time for ''Darmouth'' to take part in the First Battle of Durazzo, where she would score hits on the Austro-Hungarian cruiser ''Helgoland''. The following Battle of the Straits of Otranto would be less successful, trading blows with the cruiser ''Novara'', before being torpedoed by the German submarine ''UC-25'' after the battle. After a relatively uneventful post-war career involving trooping movements and periods in reserve, ''Dartmouth'' was sold for scrap in late 1930.
 
HMS ''Falmouth'' joined the fleet in September 1911. She spent the majority of her service in the North Atlantic, joining the Second Cruiser Squadron in 1913 and being present at the First Battle of the Heligoland Bight with the First Cruiser Squadron, and escorting the British battlecruisers during the German raid on Scarborough. ''Falmouth'' also lost two men to drowning in August 1914, the first Royal Navy operational casualties of the war. Transferred the the Fifth, then Third Cruiser Squadrons, ''Falmouth'' was at the Battle of Dogger Bank, but wasn't engaged. During the Battle of Jutland a year later, she was more heavily engaged than her sister ''Yarmouth'', firing upon several ships including SMS ''Wiesbaden'', and hitting the battlecruisers ''Derfflinger'' and ''Lützow'', as well as the light cruiser ''München'', which hit ''Falmouth'' in return with a single 15cm shell. After a High Seas Fleet Sortie, the Grand Fleet was heading for port on the 19th August 1916, when ''Falmouth'' was hit by two torpedoes from the submarine ''U-66''. Surviving, she made for port at 2 knots throughout the night, but the following day, ''U-63'' put two more torpedoes into ''Falmouth'' despite a large destroyer escort. Eight hours after these last two hits, the stubborn ship sank off the Yorkshire Coast on the 20th August 1916. For her service, she earned the battle honours; Heligoland 1914 and Jutland 1916.
 
===Historical Innacuracies===
* Both of ''Weymouth''’s hulls are modelled on her post-World War I condition after the flying off platform was removed, however ''Weymouth'' didn't carry gun blast screen that is shown aft of the forward gun in game.
* The citadel deck armor in game is only 19mm, while historically ''Weymouth'' had 1" (25mm) of flat deck armor.
* The steering gear deck armor is only 13mm in game, while historically it was also at least 1".
* Contrary to the in game description, the ''Weymouth''-class cruisers had decent protection for their type of cruiser and era.
* The anti-aircraft firepower of both hulls is incorrect. The class never carried any 40mm Vickers 2-pdr machine guns, and as such hull (A) should have one 76mm AA gun, and hull (B) should have two.
* Like other regular Royal Navy Light Cruisers in game, ''Weymouth'' only gets access to AP shells. Historically, ships armed with the 6"/50 BL Mk.XI gun received CPC and HE shells.
 
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File:HMS Weymouth (1910).jpg|HMS ''Weymouth'' in 1912.
File:HMS Weymouth 1915 AWM H16461.jpeg|''Weymouth'' at Skyros Island, Greece in 1915 showing the new wartime camouflage paint pattern.
File:Weymouth 2.jpg|HMS ''Weymouth'' and some of her crew
File:HMS Weymouth officers.jpg|Officers of HMS ''Weymouth
File:Weymouth emblem.jpg|Crest of HMS ''Weymouth''
File:Weymouth 1920 malta.jpg|''Weymouth'' in Malta
File:BR weymouth 1909 2.jpg|''Weymouth'' in the Mediterranean Sea
File:Weymouth class dia.jpg|Diagram of the ''Weymouth''-class
File:Weymouth-line.gif|Rough sketch of ''Weymouth''
File:HMS Weymouth mid.jpg|Cross-section diagram of ''Weymouth''
File:HMS Weymouth torp .jpg|HMS ''Weymouth'' in port after taking a torpedo hit from the Austrian submarine U-28, 2 October 1918
File:P-Durazzo-Weymouth-2 1.jpg|A closer look at ''Weymouth'''s stern damage, October 1918
File:Postcard-Ship-H-M-S-Weymouth-torpedoed.jpg|An even closer look at the stern damage
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File:Weymouth 1.jpg
File:Weymouth01.jpg
File:Weymouth02.jpg
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[[Category:Cruisers]]
 
[[Category:Tier II ships]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Weymouth_(1910) HMS ''Weymouth'' (1910) - Wikipedia]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1910) Town-class cruiser (1910) - Wikipedia]
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*Available to supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.11.
*Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.5.13.
*Update 0.5.14:
**Draft increased by 21 cm.
*Update 0.6.2:
**The national flag was moved from the stern to the mast.
*Update 0.6.3:
**Base firing range increased from 9,763 to 10,580 m.
*Update 0.6.9:
**Improved appearance with the use of a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (rigging).
*Update 0.6.12:
**Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 4.6 km.
*Update 0.6.13:
**Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
*Update 0.9.4:
**Added the "Repair Party" consumable.
**Main battery reload time increased from 8.57 to 8.9 s.
*Update 0.9.5:
**Main battery reload time increased from 8.9 s to 9.2 s.
*Update 0.9.6:
**The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 560 m to correct prior discrepancy.
*Update 0.10.5:
**Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
*Update 0.11.9:
**Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
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Latest revision as of 07:19, 2 July 2026


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Weymouth — U.K. Tech Tree Tier II Cruiser.

Up until the late 1910s, the British Navy built cruisers that weren't designed to act as reconnaissance and squadron patrols but were used for this purpose regardless. In 1909, they resumed the construction of the First Class cruisers. Sturdy and fast ships of the Weymouth type gained the respect of British sailors. Having entered service in 1911, HMS Weymouth participated in the hunt for the German raiders Emden and Königsberg. Between 1916 and 1917, she operated in the Adriatic Sea and British waters.

Pros

  • High rate of fire
  • Repair Party consumable available
  • High ship acceleration

Cons

  • Only AP shells available
  • Shooting accurately over long ranges is challenging
  • Weak armor


Ship Stats

Hull Information

Main Battery

AA Defense


Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Main Armaments Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Damage Control Party Modification 1


Consumables


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