WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS CUMBERLAND HEAVY CRUISER

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HMS Cumberland was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw action during the Second World War.

Cumberland served on the China Station with the 5th Cruiser Squadron from 1928 until 1938, returning to the UK in March 1935 for a refit. In 1938, she joined the 2nd cruiser squadron on the South American station.

In the South Atlantic
At the start of the Second World War in 1939, Cumberland was assigned to 2nd Cruiser Squadron Force G, the South American Division. At the start of December she was forced to self-refit in the Falkland Islands, thus depriving the force of their strongest unit. Without her, HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles engaged the German raider Admiral Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December. Cumberland received a garbled indication that a contact was being made and moved north to reinforce, arriving at the River Plate at 22:00 14 December, after steaming for 34 hours. Admiral Graf Spee had put into neutral Montevideo and was trapped there, as Cumberland along with Ajax and Achilles (Exeter having been heavily damaged) patrolled the estuary, resulting in Admiral Graf Spee being scuttled by her crew on 17 December

Armament:
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Original configuration:
8 8 in (203 mm) dual guns
4 4 in (102 mm) single AA guns
2 2 pdr (40 mm) quadruple pom-pom mounts
2 0.5 in MG quadruple guns
2 21 in (533 mm) quad torpedo tubes
Armour:
Original configuration:
1 to 4 in magazine box protection
1.375 in deck
1 in side-plating, turrets and bulkheads
4.5 in belt
4 internal boiler room sides (added 1936-1940)
Aircraft carried: Three aircraft with one catapult, removed in 1942