| 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 |
| Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| 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) |
| 8 x QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk XVI guns in twin turrets |
| 8 x QF 40 mm (1.6 in) Mk VIII guns in quad mountings |
| 8 x 0.5 in (13 mm) Vickers machine guns |
| 6 x 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed) |
| Armour: | Belt: 4.5 inches (110 mm) |
| Boiler & engine room: 2 inches (51 mm) |
| 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 |
