HMS Neptune

Sunk

Type	Light cruiser
Class	Leander
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 6″ guns

Hit at Calabria. Ran into an Italian minefield off Tripoli with Force K on 19 December 1941; one man of her 765 survived.

AWM Caption: C.1937. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LIGHT CRUISER HMS NEPTUNE. SHE HAS NOT YET HAD HER AA ARMAMENT AUGMENTED BY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SINGLE 4 INCH MARK V GUNS ON MARK IV HA MOUNTINGS BY TWIN 4 INCH MOUNTINGS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION) Photo: The original uploader was Nick Dowling at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Original configuration

8 × BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns
4 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns
12 × 0.5 in machine guns
8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

4 in (102 mm) main belt
2.5 in (64 mm) ends
1.25 to 2 in (32 to 51 mm) deck
1 in (25 mm) turrets

Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	24 September 1931
Launched	31 January 1933
Commissioned	12 February 1934
Displacement	7,270 tons standard 9,740 tons full load
Length	554.9 ft (169.1 m)
Speed	32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Complement	peacetime 550 wartime 680

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

Career

Launched

31 January 1933

Battle of Calabria

Damaged

9 July 1940

Hit on her catapult

Fate

Sunk

Sunk 19 December 1941 by mines off Tripoli