HMS Naiad

Sunk

Type	Light cruiser
Class	Dido
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 5.3″ guns

Damaged by near misses off Crete. Sunk by U-565 off Egypt in March 1942.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War HMS Naiad, British Dido class cruiser, camouflaged and at anchor in the Firth of Forth. A drifter and a sailing boat are alongside. Photo: Coote, R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 x QF 5.25-inch (133 mm) dual guns
1 x 4.0 in (102 mm) gun
2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns
3 x 2-pounder 40 mm pom-poms quad guns
2 x 21 inch (533 mm) triple torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 3 inch
Deck: 1 inch
Magazines: 2 inch
Bulkheads: 1 inch.

Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down	26 August 1937
Launched	3 February 1939
Commissioned	24 July 1940
Displacement	5,600 tons standard 6,850 tons full load
Length	485 ft (148 m) pp 512 ft (156 m) oa
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)

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

Career

Launched

3 February 1939

Battle of Crete

Damaged

20 May – 1 June 1941

Fate

Sunk

Sunk, 11 March 1942