I am indebted to Wikipedia for much of the basis ship data. Since there are always bound to be errors in this kind of data I welcome corrections and additions.
- Shp = Shaft horsepower
- IN MTS = British measures written as 5,9 (meaning 5 ft 9 in). Metric are as expected : 5.5
- CPC = Common Percussion Capped
- APC = Armour Piercing Capped
- HE = High Explosive shell
- Displacement = Tons at full load,
- Complement = Normally shown as peace time which would dramtically increase in wartime conditions.
- QF = Quick-firing
- BL = Breech-loading
- Length o/a = Overall Length