Alcantara class

===Description===
The former passenger liner SS Alcantara was taken over by the Royal Navy in 1915 to serve as an auxiliary cruiser. As a part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron, she is one of the armed merchant cruisers which are enforcing the blockade against Germany by closing the entrance of the North Sea to German merchant shipping. With three similar ships, she is forming the Alcantara class.
===Ship data===
Relative combat value: 576
Basic damage control capacity: 47%
Dimensions
Displacement: 15620 tons
Length: 146 m
Width: 22 m
Draught: 10 m
Standard crew: 400
Performance
Maximum speed (undamaged): 17 knots
Endurance: 14824 km
Coal capacity: 1000 tons
Armour protection
Conning tower armour: 0
Hull armour: 0
Main belt armour: 0
Deck armour: 0
Best armour type: None
Armament
8 x 6in QF Mk II, centrally controlled. Ammo: 1200 rounds
2 x 6-pdr 8cwt QF Mk Is, locally controlled. Ammo: 400 rounds
===Ships in class===
* Alcantara
* Alsatian
* Almanzora
* Arlanza
Category:Royal Navy
Category:Ship type
Category:Armed Merchant Cruiser