Class and type: |
Town-class light cruiser |
Ordered: |
1935 |
Builder: |
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Laid down: |
17 February 1936 |
Launched: |
24 March 1937 |
Commissioned: |
2 November 1938 |
Decommissioned: |
1952 |
Fate: |
Sold for scrap July 1958 |
Displacement: |
9,400 tons (standard), 11,930 tons full load |
Length: |
591.5 ft (180.3 m) |
Beam: |
62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
Draught: |
20.6 ft (6.3 m) |
Propulsion: |
Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines |
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Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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82,500 shp (61.5 MW) |
Speed: |
32 kn (59 km/h) |
Complement: |
750 |
Armament: |
12 x BL 6 in (150 mm) Mk XXII guns in triple turrets (one aft turret later removed) |
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8 x QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk XVI guns in twin turrets |
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8 x QF 40 mm (1.6 in) Mk VIII guns in quad mountings |
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8 x 0.5 in (13 mm) Vickers machine guns |
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6 x 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed) |
Armour: |
Belt: 4.5 inches (110 mm) |
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Boiler & engine room: 2 inches (51 mm) |
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Turrets: 2 inches (51 mm)–4 inches (100 mm) |
Aircraft carried: |
Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Removed in the latter part of WWII) |
Motto: |
Deus nobis haec otia fecit |
Honours and awards: |
Mediterranean 1940, Calabria 1940, Arctic 1942, Malta Convoys 1942 |
Notes: |
Pennant number C11 |