HMS Concord (1916)
Concord in 1929 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Concord |
| Builder | Vickers Limited |
| Laid down | 1 February 1915 |
| Launched | 1 April 1916 |
| Completed | December 1916 |
| Commissioned | December 1916 |
| Decommissioned | July 1923 |
| Recommissioned | May 1924 |
| Decommissioned | October 1927 |
| Recommissioned | 1928 |
| Decommissioned | January 1933 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 2A (Sep 15); 46 (Jan 18; 15 (Apr 18); 62 (Nov 19) |
| Fate | Sold August 1935 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | C-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,750 tons |
| Length | 446 ft (136 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draught | 14.6 ft (4.5 m) |
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| Speed | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
| Range | carried 300 tons (824 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement | 329-336 |
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HMS Concord was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during the First World War. She was part of the Centaur group of the C class.
On 25 December 1918 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer, a member of the Polish National Committee re-organising Polish state after 123 years of partitions, arrived at Gdańsk (Danzig) on board HMS Concord on his way to Poznań and Warsaw. He formed the first Cabinet of the re-born Poland which on 26 January 1919 organised the first elections.