HMS Phaeton (1914) HMS Phaeton (1914) HMS "Phaeton" was one of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped. The "Arethusa"-class cruisers were intended to lead destroyer flotillas and defend the fleet against attacks by enemy destroyers. The ships were long overall, with a beam of and a deep draught of . Displacement was at normal and at full load. "Phaeton" was powered by four Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of . The turbines
William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux DL, JP (26 September 1795 – 3 January 1886), known as William Brougham until 1868, was a British barrister and Whig politician. Brougham was the youngest son of Henry Brougham and Eleanor Syme, daughter of the Reverend James Syme. Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was his elder brother. He was educated at Edinburgh High School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1823. Brougham was appointed a Master in Chancery in 1831, which he remained until