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Carlisle

HMS Carlisle

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassC
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 6″ guns

Old anti-aircraft cruiser. Off Crete and at Second Sirte, guarding the convoy.

Royal Navy C-class light cruiser HMS Carlisle at anchor in Plymouth Sound Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns
  • 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 2 × 2-pounder pom-poms
  • 1 × machine gun
  • 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • 3in side (amidships)
  • 2¼-1½in side (bows)
  • 2in side (stern)
  • 1in upper decks (amidships)
  • 1in deck over rudder
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down2 October 1917
Launched9 July 1918
Commissioned11 November 1918
Displacement4,290 long tons (4,360 t)
Length451.4 ft (137.6 m)
Speed29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement330-350

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

9 July 1918

Battle of Crete
Damaged

20 May – 1 June 1941

Her captain was killed

Second Battle of Sirte
Survived

22 March 1942

With the convoy

Fate

Survived

CTL 1943, broken up at Alexandria, 1948