HMS Cambrian (1916)

The fourth HMS Cambrian was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. She was the name ship of the Cambrian group of the C class.

Construction
Built by Pembroke Dockyard in Pembroke Dock, Wales, Cambrian was laid down on 8 December 1914, launched on 3 March 1916, and completed in May 1916.

World War I
Cambrian was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy in May 1916. She was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet in which she served through the end of World War I and until 1919.

Postwar
In 1919, Cambrian was reassigned to the North American and West Indies Station, where she served until 1922. She was part of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet from August 1922 until June 1924, and during this time operated in support of British interests during the Turkish Crisis of 1922-1923.

In June 1924, Cambrian was decommissioned and placed under dockyard control for a refit that lasted into 1926, when she was recommissioned to serve in the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron until 1929. After transporting troops to China in 1929, she was decommissioned in November 1929 and entered the Nore Reserve. She was recommissioned as the flagship of the Nore Reserve in March 1931, then was decommissioned in July 1933 and placed under dockyard control at Sheerness.

Disposal
Cambrian was sold on 28 July 1934 to Metal Industries of Rosyth, Scotland, to be scrapped.